[meteorite-list] Spanish Meteorite?
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:33 2004 Message-ID: <008301c21282$29fa1960$97d00140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C21247.7C2B84C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I can fill you in, last year i was in Madrid and saw this stone, The = curator of the Spanish collection told Jim Strope and I that the stone = fell on a parked BMW at night and broke the window, and bent the = steering wheal. The man was not in the car when she told me! the stone = is still unclassified just because they have not yet gotten to it.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Walter Branch=20 To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Spanish Meteorite? Hello Everyone, I have an astronomy textbook (Voyages Through the Universe, Fraknoi, = Morrison, and Wolf, 1997) in which a meteorite is reported to have = struck a car and the driver. On page 275, the text reads: In June199, Jose Martin and his wife were driving from Madrid, Spain = to a golfing vacation when a fist-sized meteorite crashed through the = windshield, bounced off the dashboard, broke Jose's little finger, and = then landed in the car's back seat. Does anyone have any information about this meteorite? Best wishes, -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C21247.7C2B84C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I can fill you in, last year i was in = Madrid and=20 saw this stone, The curator of the Spanish collection told Jim Strope = and I that=20 the stone fell on a parked BMW at night and broke the window, and bent = the=20 steering wheal. The man was not in the car when she told me! the = stone is=20 still unclassified just because they have not yet gotten to it. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dbranchw_at_bellsouth.net = href=3D"mailto:branchw_at_bellsouth.net">Walter=20 Branch</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3DMeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 12, 2002 = 7:16=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Spanish=20 Meteorite?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have an astronomy textbook (Voyages = Through the=20 Universe, Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolf, 1997) in which a meteorite is = reported=20 to have struck a car and the driver. On page 275, the text=20 reads:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In June199, Jose Martin and his wife = were driving=20 from Madrid, Spain to a golfing vacation when a fist-sized meteorite = crashed=20 through the windshield, bounced off the dashboard, broke Jose's little = finger,=20 and then landed in the car's back seat.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Does anyone have any information = about this=20 meteorite?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter = Branch,=20 Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite = B<BR>Savannah,=20 GA 31405 USA<BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C21247.7C2B84C0-- Received on Wed 12 Jun 2002 10:29:35 PM PDT |
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