[meteorite-list] Of interest

From: ceweed_at_qatar.net.qa <ceweed_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:23 2004
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Hi Folks
There is a picture on the BEEB site =2C but too small to give any real =

clues=2E
As to it being warm =2C how about a crow throwing it out of it=27s nest=3F=

=3A-)
allthebest
Colin

----- Original Message -----
From=3A magellon =3Cmagellon=40earthlink=2Enet=3E
Date=3A Tuesday=2C August 27=2C 2002 4=3A27 pm
Subject=3A Re=3A =5Bmeteorite-list=5D Of interest

=3E =3E=22I saw it fall from above roof height=2C=22 Siobhan told BBC New=
s Online=2E
=3E =3E=22It looked very unusual=2C with a bubbled surface and tiny inden=
tations
=3E =3Elike volcanic lava=2E
=3E =3E=22It was shiny on one side and looked rusty as if it contained ir=
on=2E
=3E =

=3E Sounds wrongish! Sure wish they showed a pict!
=3E Is there a URL to this story=3F
=3E =

=3E =3EThe stone could have come from Mars=2C according to expert on Eart=
h
=3E =3Eimpacts Dr Benny
=3E =3EPeiser=2C of Liverpool John Moores University=2E
=3E =

=3E Why do the =27experts=27 say these things to the press=3F How about =22=
it =

=3E is more
=3E likely to have been thrown by a boy from the other side of the =

=3E building=3F=22Perhaps it is real=2C but I think not! Remember the la=
dy =

=3E who =27found=27 ( the
=3E bolide so many saw) in her garden=3F Not a meteorite!
=3E Ken
=3E Burnin=27 Desire
=3E =

=3E =

=3E Rothery Melvin wrote=3A
=3E =

=3E =3E Robert Benchley would say=2C =22I told you so=2E=22
=3E =3E
=3E =3E BBC NEWS BBC Sport =3E=3E Graphics version =3E=3E Change t=
o World =

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=3E =3E Tuesday=2C 27 August=2C 2002=2C 12=3A27 GMT 13=3A27 UK
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =27Meteorite=27 hits girl
=3E =3E
=3E =3E The odds against being hit by a meteorite are billions to one - =

=3E but a
=3E =3E teenager in North
=3E =3E Yorkshire may have had one land on her foot=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Siobhan Cowton=2C 14=2C was getting into the family car outside h=
er
=3E =3E Northallerton home at 1030
=3E =3E BST on Thursday when a stone fell on her from the sky=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22 This does not happen very often in Northallerton =22
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Siobhan Cowton
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Noticing it was =22quite hot=22=2C she showed it to her father Ni=
el=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E The family now plan to have the stone analysed by scientists at =

=3E Durham=3E University=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22I saw it fall from above roof height=2C=22 Siobhan told BBC Ne=
ws =

=3E Online=2E=3E
=3E =3E =22It looked very unusual=2C with a bubbled surface and tiny =

=3E indentations=3E like volcanic lava=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =27Shiny=27
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22It was shiny on one side and looked rusty as if it contained i=
ron=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22I=27ve seen shooting stars before - but nothing like this=2E T=
his =

=3E does not
=3E =3E happen very often in
=3E =3E Northallerton=2E=22
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Mr Cowton=2C 45=2C told BBC News Online he would take the stone t=
o be
=3E =3E analysed himself=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22It is not going to leave my sight because it is a very rare =

=3E find=2C=22 he
=3E =3E said=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22It is worth a lot to Siobhan=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22We will have it mounted in a glass presentation case so she ca=
n =

=3E keep it
=3E =3E for the rest of her
=3E =3E life=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22After all it is not every day you get hit by a meteorite=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22The odds of winning the Lottery are better=2E=22
=3E =3E
=3E =3E The stone could have come from Mars=2C according to expert on Ear=
th
=3E =3E impacts Dr Benny
=3E =3E Peiser=2C of Liverpool John Moores University=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22It could be billions of years old and come from the earliest =

=3E formation=3E of the solar system=2C=22
=3E =3E he told the Daily Mail newspaper=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Most meteors are between five and 60 centimetres (1=2E95 in and 1=
 =

=3E ft 11=2E5
=3E =3E in) long=2C according
=3E =3E to Durham University physical geography lecturer Dr Ben Horton=2E=

=3E =3E
=3E =3E =22Sometimes they have shallow depressions and cavities=2C=22 he =
said=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Related to this story=3A
=3E =3E Meteorite =27changed Earth=27s history=27 (23 Aug 02 =7C Science/=
Nature) =

=3E Rare=3E space rock =27a gem=27
=3E =3E (22 Jul 02 =7C Science/Nature) Fireball ignites scientific =

=3E curiosity (12
=3E =3E Oct 00 =7C Science/Nature)
=3E =3E Meteorite records early Solar System (05 Sep 00 =7C =

=3E Science/Nature) Rare
=3E =3E space rock in
=3E =3E British lab (08 Sep 00 =7C Festival of science)
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