[meteorite-list] Happy Birthday Allende-Local Boys get noticed on Today in History Feb 8th
From: E.L.Jones <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:08 2004 Message-ID: <3A846D63.69549BA8_at_epix.net> Happy Birthday Allende > 1969: Huge Meteorite Shower in Mexico > > At 1:05 A.M. a meteorite fire-ball appeared in the skies over the > rural state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico, accompanied by the sound > of strong explosions. Then a shower of stony meteorites rained down. > The meteorite fragments covered an area measuring 50 kilometers in > length and at least 300 square kilometers in area, the largest > meteorite-strewn field ever recorded. A stone from the village of > Pueblito de Allende was taken to a newspaper office, which spread news > of what came to be known as the Allende Meteorite. Within weeks, > samples were being studied in research laboratories around the world. > The meteorites appear to contain inclusions that are billions of years > old, having formed even before the Earth did. The total weight of > meteorite fragments recovered from the Allende fall was over 3 tons, a > record for stone meteorites that has been surpassed only by the Jilin, > China fall in 1976 that yielded nearly 4 tons. > > Two sites with photos and further information on the Allende > meteorite: > <http://www.arachnaut.org/meteor/photos/allende-2.html> > <http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9278/ALLENDE.HTM> > > Learn more about studying and collecting meteorites: > <http://www.meteoritecentral.com/intro.html> Received on Fri 09 Feb 2001 05:21:28 PM PST |
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