[meteorite-list] NP Article, 01-1954 Man Hit By Meteorite
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:08 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV50GwEUJlWZO000076b6_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0297_01C30981.CE3F1E20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Hello, this article was postedfroma different paper before, however, = this one has the complete article and the last one cut off the last = part..strangely, Mark) Title: Fergus Falls Daily Journal=20 City: Fergus Falls, Minnesota=20 Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1954 Page: 2 Averages Show Chance of Being Hit By Meteorites Small (By Frank Carey) (AP Science Reporter) BOSTON (AP) - Meteortie bean someone only once every 350 on the = average and now it looks as though one has struck a guy who was wearing = a tin hat! Thsi indication of how times are getting ever tougher for = meteorites came out in a talk before the American Assn. for the = Advancement of Science, whose 120th meeting ends today. Dr. H. H. Nininger of the Amercian Meteorite Museum, Sedone, Ariz., = reported that a tiny object having all the external carmarks of a = meteorite had struck a construction worker "on his tin hat" after first = richocheting off a drilling rig. At least, said Nininger, that's what the man told him had happened. = The "beaning" happened several years ago but Nininger made ti public = today. The incident apparently marked a lucky day for Nininger too = because he tested the object in his laboratory - and he says he feels = not only that it is an honest-to-goodness meteorite, but that it's = something pretty special in that line. Meteorites, believed to be fragments of an exploded planet or = possibly two colliding ones, exist in the millions and are of all sizes = - but only a few ever reach the earth and still fewer are recovered. = Some 24 million a day are consumed in the atmosphere. In case you're worried about getting hit, Dr. Fred L. Whipple of = Harvard, a regular fireball on the subject told a reporter: "Meteorites that reach teh earth are mostly very small - some as = small as dust particles - but a couple have hit the earth that were big = as apartment houses. Fortunately all the large ones have fallen in = uninhabitated places. SPECIAL METEORITE Here's the reason Dr. Nininger was so happy about the object he = studied: All the definitely identified iron meteorites that have been = recovered on earth so far, he said, have nickel in them too. But the = construction worker's "bean-ball" is entirely free of nickel. This, and some other evidence suggests, he said, that there may be = a whole class of "nickel-free" iron meteorites which have hither-to = espaced attention. ------=_NextPart_000_0297_01C30981.CE3F1E20 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=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none"=20 leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 acc_role=3D"text" CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"v" = /><?xml:namespace prefix=3D"o" /> <DIV>(Hello, this article was postedfroma different paper before, = however, this=20 one has the complete article and the last one cut off the last = part=85.strangely,=20 Mark)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Title: Fergus Falls Daily Journal <BR>City: Fergus Falls, Minnesota = <BR>Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1954<BR>Page: 2</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Averages Show Chance of Being Hit By Meteorites Small<BR>(By Frank=20 Carey)<BR>(AP Science Reporter)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> BOSTON (AP) - Meteortie bean someone only = once=20 every 350 on the average and now it looks as though one has struck a guy = who was=20 wearing a tin hat!<BR> Thsi indication of how = times are=20 getting ever tougher for meteorites came out in a talk before the = American Assn.=20 for the Advancement of Science, whose 120th meeting ends=20 today.<BR> Dr. H. H. Nininger of the Amercian = Meteorite=20 Museum, Sedone, Ariz., reported that a tiny object having all the = external=20 carmarks of a meteorite had struck a construction worker "on his tin = hat" after=20 first richocheting off a drilling rig.<BR> At = least,=20 said Nininger, that's what the man told him had happened. The = "beaning"=20 happened several years ago but Nininger made ti public=20 today.<BR> The incident apparently marked = a lucky=20 day for Nininger too because he tested the object in his laboratory - = and he=20 says he feels not only that it is an honest-to-goodness meteorite, but = that it's=20 something pretty special in that line.<BR> = Meteorites,=20 believed to be fragments of an exploded planet or possibly two colliding = ones,=20 exist in the millions and are of all sizes - but only a few ever reach = the earth=20 and still fewer are recovered. Some 24 million a day are consumed = in the=20 atmosphere.<BR> In case you're worried about = getting=20 hit, Dr. Fred L. Whipple of Harvard, a regular fireball on the subject = told a=20 reporter:<BR> "Meteorites that reach teh earth = are=20 mostly very small - some as small as dust particles - but a couple have = hit the=20 earth that were big as apartment houses. Fortunately all the large = ones=20 have fallen in uninhabitated places.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>SPECIAL METEORITE<BR> Here's the reason Dr. = Nininger was so happy about the object he = studied:<BR> =20 All the definitely identified iron meteorites that have been recovered = on earth=20 so far, he said, have nickel in them too. But the construction = worker's=20 "bean-ball" is entirely free of nickel.<BR> = This, and=20 some other evidence suggests, he said, that there may be a whole class = of=20 "nickel-free" iron meteorites which have hither-to espaced = attention.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0297_01C30981.CE3F1E20-- Received on Wed 23 Apr 2003 11:19:21 AM PDT |
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