[meteorite-list] Canadian Scientists Seeking Help In Search For Meteor
From: Matt <Matt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:09 2004 Message-ID: <016601c167de$25dcc2f0$8fbf7fa5_at_D7220234W2K> Farmer: Get your a$$ up there and bring some back!! :) -Morgan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:35 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Canadian Scientists Seeking Help In Search For Meteor > > > http://www.canada.com/calgary/news/story.asp?id={5DDF144D-650D-4470-80EA-9E4 29C036EC5} > > Scientists seeking help in search for meteor > canada.com > November 7, 2001 > > CALGARY -- Researchers are hoping someone has a > photograph or video of the biggest meteor to fall in Alberta > in 40 years so they can tell where it landed. > > Alan Hildebrand, a planetary scientist at the University of > Calgary, says the meteor was an asteroidal fragment that > weighed five to 10 tonnes, about 1.5 meters in diameter. > > Hildebrand says it was travelling at roughly 20 kilometres > per second and this was probably the biggest rock to fall on > Alberta since 1960.'' > > The flaming rock was seen streaking north across the > Alberta sky near the British Columbia boundary on October > 14th at around 2:20 a.m. > > It exploded over the northern part of Banff National Park > with a deafening boom that could be heard 150 kilometers > away. > > Eyewitnesses reported seeing hundreds of pieces of the > rock falling to the ground, however, freshly fallen snow > may delay the hunt for particles until next spring. > > > Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-71 56648 > _______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Wed 07 Nov 2001 05:47:15 PM PST |
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