[meteorite-list] New Bensour fall

From: Philippe Thomas <thomasmeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004
Message-ID: <F91A71AB-3DC5-11D6-BD10-000A27921B30_at_wanadoo.fr>

Hello Eric and all,

Le vendredi 22 mars 2002, =E0 05:57 , Starbits_at_aol.com a =E9crit :

> <I believe that this fall is entirely in Algeria. Ben Sour (correct=20
> spelling) is around 80 km to the south of Taouz.>
>
> Hello Philippe and list
>
> Mike is out of town until the end of the month.
> When I stopped by Mike's just before he left, he said
> the fall site was not near any town.
Of course the strewnfield of this fall is not near a town, the closest=20=

is Taouz (around 80 km).
> Also that the area of the fall was called bensour
Yes, It's a jbel nammed Ben Sour.
> , an Arabic word not French,
Of course.
> meaning land of falcons or place
> of Falcons or something like that. I do not know
> if the spelling is different from what has been
> commonly used so far.
Yes, the translation is correct, on my Morrocan maps the spelling is Ben=20=

Sour but it isn't very important.

Best wishes,
Philippe Thomas
>
> Eric Olson
> http://www.star-bits.com
>
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