[meteorite-list] New 21.5 Pound Meteorite Found?

From: Sterling K. Webb <kelly_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:09 2004
Message-ID: <3EA72D79.B03C298F_at_bhil.com>

Hi,

    This seems to be every reporter's favorite headline. How can we explain to the press
that EVERYTHING is 4.5 billion years old? The meteorite, the atoms of the man who found
one of the 25 meteorites that fall per year (???!!!), the meteorite, and the atoms of
the reporter, not to mention the dirt they walk on, the silicon in the chips in the
reporter's laptop, and the carbon in the hamburger she had for lunch: all 4.5 billion
years old.


Sterling Webb
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Ron Baalke wrote:

> http://www.tryondailybulletin.com/news/news.asp?ArticleID=11173
>
> Columbus man's rare 21.5-pound meteorite may be 4.5 billion years old
> by Bretta Smith
Received on Wed 23 Apr 2003 08:19:05 PM PDT