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Re: Killer Meteorites

To: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Killer Meteorites
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Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 14:07:49 -0700
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Ron Baalke wrote:
> 
> Someone mentioned that Nakhla was the only known meteorite known to kill
> (dog).  There's been other deaths as well, including one that killed
> a calf in 1860.
> Ron Baalke

I think you are referring to the New Concord L6 that fell in 1860 in
Ohio.  As I recall, it allegedly killed a horse (colt).  If true, more
dramatic than kids in Indiana just watching one fall (at least for the
horse).

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From: Bernd Pauli <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

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From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>

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