[meteorite-list] Re: Vienna Museum Photos

From: Herbert Raab <herbert.raab_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:04 2004
Message-ID: <fb4d10236.10236fb4d_at_utanet.at>

I just wanted to note that Jim Strope's image named
"austriameteor.JPG" (http://208.55.105.193/austriameteor.JPG)
does, in fact, show the main mass of the Knyahinya meteorite.
The ~300kg stone, which broke in three pieces upon impact,
was the largest stone meteorite known when in fell in 1866.
(It's still the fourth-largest stony meteorite know, or so)
At that time, the spot where it came down was on the eastern
edge of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It's now in the Ukraine.

Best greetings,
  Herbert Raab
Received on Mon 01 Jul 2002 10:38:56 AM PDT