[meteorite-list] Wyoming meteorites?

From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:34 2004
Message-ID: <15f.f8863a1.2a43e182_at_aol.com>

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In a message dated 6/20/2002 10:25:08 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
TektiteDawg_at_aol.com writes:


> The SD School of Mines museum has a slice (if not the whole specimen)
> of each meteorite that has fallen/been found in South Dakota/Black Hills
> area
> (all 13 meteorites). The tin roof that you saw was damaged by the
> Centerville (McMurchie) meteorite which fell on February 29, 1956 (the only
> leap day meteorite known???).
>

Hello Martin, Randy, List,

No Centerville is not the only leapday meteorite known.
There is another one:
Motta di Conti, H4, fell Feb. 29, 1868 in Piedmonte, Italy. TKW: 9,15kilo,
3 pieces.

Anne in Denver

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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/20/2002 10:25:08 AM Mountain Daylight Time, TektiteDawg_at_aol.com writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SD School of Mines museum has a slice (if not the whole specimen)
<BR>of each meteorite that has fallen/been found in South Dakota/Black Hills area
<BR>(all 13 meteorites). &nbsp;The tin roof that you saw was damaged by the
<BR>Centerville (McMurchie) meteorite which fell on February 29, 1956 (the only
<BR>leap day meteorite known???).
<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR>
<BR>Hello Martin, Randy, List,
<BR>
<BR>No Centerville is not the only leapday meteorite known.
<BR>There is another one: &nbsp;
<BR>Motta di Conti, &nbsp;H4, fell Feb. 29, 1868 in Piedmonte, Italy. &nbsp;TKW: &nbsp;9,15kilo, 3 pieces. &nbsp;
<BR>
<BR>Anne in Denver</FONT></HTML>

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Received on Thu 20 Jun 2002 09:55:14 PM PDT


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