[meteorite-list] NP Article, 12-1935 Odessa Crater
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:08 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV606dZqN3Ssx000074d7_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02B2_01C30982.7F1F9300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Title: Reno Gazette=20 City: Reno, Nevada=20 Date: Friday, December 27, 1935 Page: 6 METEOR'S CRATER BECOMES STATE PARK AUSTION, Tex. - The first of the few known meteorite craters in the = world to be made accessible to the tourist will be near Odessa, Texas, = if plans of the Texas Park board are carried out early in 1936 as a = project of the state centennial year program. The little known = meteorite crater in Ector county may be turned into a state park to make = it possible for centennial visitors to view it next year. The Odessa crater, according to Dr. Clyde Fisher, curator of = astronomy and head of the Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural = History in New York City, rivals in interest the famous meteor crater = near Winslow, Ariz. Dr. Fisher credits D. M. Barringer Jr., with the theory that the = Texas crater resulted from meteoritic impact. He expects to visit the = little known Odessa crater to dulpicate the studies and photographic = survey by plane he made of the Arizona crater. In Dr. Fisher's opinion the Arizona and Texas meteorites probably = date back to the same period, between forty thousand and seventy-five = thousand years ago, and might originally have formed the head of a small = comet which was split before reaching the earth. A. H. Nininger, Denver geologist, is the only man who has followed = up the original survey made in Texas by Barringer. His studies show = that good results may be obtained in the exploration for metorite = fragments at a depth of 180 feet in the crater near Odessa. It was necessary to sink a shaft fourteen hundred feet before the = main body of the Arizona meteor was encountered. Hurting toward the = earth many hundred times faster than the speed of a bullet, the meteor = probably made up a comparatively small iron masses, crashed through = layers of rock, penetrating into the earth to a depth of more than a = quarter-mile. The crater is about four-fifths of a mile in diameter and = six hundred feet deep, compared to the six-hundred foot diameter of the = Texas crater. The theory advanced by Dr. F. R. Moulton and others that the force = of the impact when a meteor strikes the earth might generate sufficient = heat to vaporize the main body, leaves open the question as to whether = exploration at Odessa may discover the largest meteoric mass yet found. ------=_NextPart_000_02B2_01C30982.7F1F9300 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>Title: Reno Gazette <BR>City: Reno, Nevada <BR>Date: Friday, = December 27,=20 1935<BR>Page: 6</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>METEOR'S CRATER BECOMES STATE PARK</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> AUSTION, Tex. - The first of the few known = meteorite craters in the world to be made accessible to the tourist will = be near=20 Odessa, Texas, if plans of the Texas Park board are carried out early in = 1936 as=20 a project of the state centennial year program. The little known = meteorite=20 crater in Ector county may be turned into a state park to make it = possible for=20 centennial visitors to view it next year.<BR> = The Odessa=20 crater, according to Dr. Clyde Fisher, curator of astronomy and head of = the=20 Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History in New York City, = rivals=20 in interest the famous meteor crater near Winslow,=20 Ariz.<BR> Dr. Fisher credits D. M. Barringer = Jr., with=20 the theory that the Texas crater resulted from meteoritic impact. = He=20 expects to visit the little known Odessa crater to dulpicate the studies = and=20 photographic survey by plane he made of the Arizona=20 crater.<BR> In Dr. Fisher's opinion the Arizona = and=20 Texas meteorites probably date back to the same period, between forty = thousand=20 and seventy-five thousand years ago, and might originally have formed = the head=20 of a small comet which was split before reaching the=20 earth.<BR> A. H. Nininger, Denver geologist, is = the only=20 man who has followed up the original survey made in Texas by = Barringer. =20 His studies show that good results may be obtained in the exploration = for=20 metorite fragments at a depth of 180 feet in the crater near=20 Odessa.<BR> It was necessary to sink a shaft = fourteen=20 hundred feet before the main body of the Arizona meteor was = encountered. =20 Hurting toward the earth many hundred times faster than the speed of a = bullet,=20 the meteor probably made up a comparatively small iron masses, crashed = through=20 layers of rock, penetrating into the earth to a depth of more than a=20 quarter-mile. The crater is about four-fifths of a mile in = diameter and=20 six hundred feet deep, compared to the six-hundred foot diameter of the = Texas=20 crater.<BR> The theory advanced by Dr. F. R. = Moulton and=20 others that the force of the impact when a meteor strikes the earth = might=20 generate sufficient heat to vaporize the main body, leaves open the = question as=20 to whether exploration at Odessa may discover the largest meteoric mass = yet=20 found.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_02B2_01C30982.7F1F9300-- Received on Wed 23 Apr 2003 11:24:17 AM PDT |
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