[meteorite-list] 1903 Meteorite

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:39 2004
Message-ID: <3C323B66.52767A7_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Impactika_at_aol.com wrote:

> I just checked my calendar of Falls. Only 2 in June 1903:
> June 29 Uberaba Brazil
> June 30 Rich Mountain North Carolina.
>
> There is also a Lone Star, but it was found in 1965 in
> Texas And an Auburn, but found in 1867 in Alabama.

> Could it be another name? or a "Found" rather than a "Fall"?


Hello Anne, Jim, and List,

My databases also yielded only negative results.

> It is 7 miles north of Auburn, California, Placer County.

The approximate coordinates of Auburn, CA are:

38° 54' N / 121° 04' W

The only meteorite that comes even close to these coordinates would
be the anomalous ataxite "Shingle Springs". But this ataxite was
f o u n d in 1869 - too far back in time.

Imperial, an H4 chondrite would be another candidate - it was found in
1908, but its respective coordinates are: 32° 52'N / 115° 35'W and it
was found in "Imperial County".

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Tue 01 Jan 2002 05:42:46 PM PST