Vs: [meteorite-list] Re:Kaali meteorite - Estonia, 400BC?
From: Jarmo Moilanen <jarmom_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:30 2004 Message-ID: <000301c20ba7$2750b5c0$049bedc3_at_impact> Hi all, So am I. Jarmo > Hi all - > > If anyone has MAPS at hand, I would be most interested > in the citations of Tacitus and Pytheas. > > best wishes - > ep > > > --- Bernd Pauli HD > <bernd.pauli_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote: > > STUARTATK_at_aol.com wrote: > > > > > Doing some research for a radio slot, and am > > intrigued by the "Kaali" > > > meteorite which fell in Estonia around 400BC; in > > the brief net > > > searches I've done so far I've found intriguing > > references to the Sun > > > being blocked out by the impact, localised > > environmental devastation > > > and even "human casualties"... Couple of websites > > say that there's a > > > large crater in Estonia, and several (as many as > > 8?) smaller craters > > > nearby, but am just wondering if anyone out there > > has any more > > > specific info about this impact? Thanks in advance > > for all info / > > > help, Stu > > > > Hello Stu and List, > > > > Here are two scientifically reliable references: > > > > RASMUSSEN K.L. et al. (2000) The age of the > > Kaalijärv meteorite > > craters (MAPS 35-5, 2000, pp. 1067-1071, excerpt): > > > > 400-370 B.C. at ± 1o / The nine Kaalijärv craters > > on the Estonian > > island of Saaremaa (Ösel) were caused by the impact > > of a fragmented IAB > > iron meteorite, of which several masses have been > > recovered totalling > > about 2.5 kg. The largest piece recovered so far > > weighs 38.4 gr (Raukas > > et al., 1999). > > > > VESKI S. et al. (2001) Ecological catastrophe in > > connection with the > > impact of the Kaali Meteorite about 800-400 BC on > > the island of > > Saaremaa, Estonia (MAPS 36-10, 2001 pp. 1367-1375, > > excerpt): > > > > About 800-400 B.C. a meteoroid hit a then relatively > > densely populated > > island, forming the Kaali meteorite impact craters. > > Unfortunately the > > people living at that time on the island of Saaremaa > > were illiterate and > > we have no direct written record of the impact > > event. Indirect written > > historical records interpreted as describing the > > Kaali meteorite blast > > event come from Tacitus (1942) and Pytheas from > > Massalia. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Bernd > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 04 Jun 2002 02:43:53 AM PDT |
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