[meteorite-list] Meteorite Found In Israel

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:36 2004
Message-ID: <200308251510.IAA10033_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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Ancient meteorite found in Arava
Israel 21c
August 25, 2003

A meteorite whose age is estimated at millions of years was discovered
near Timna in the Arava, Maa'ariv reported. The space rock was checked by
laboratories at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). The
laboratory's report said that the tiny stone landed in Israel only "
several decades or several hundred years ago." The stone, whose outside
is black and scorched and is mingled with brown and light gray, weighs 40
grams and is the size of two walnuts. It was found by members of the
Pirhei Mada educational project, which the Jordan Valley Academic College
administers to schools on the periphery. An "astronomical vehicle" is
part of the project, fitted with various devices such as a telescope,
astronomical maps, and a model of a satellite-carrying missile. A member
of the vehicle's team, Gabriel Shaked, who was one of the people who
discovered the stone, said yesterday that the test showed that it was a
fragment of Asteroid HAVH-6, a rocky heavenly object that departed
from its orbit between the sun and Jupiter, and broke up. The original
asteroid approaches the earth once every three years. The Israeli team
is now waiting for approval for its request to the international
organization that deals with meteorite and asteroid investigation, which
is connected with NASA, to name the space rock Timna so it will appear in
the catalogue.
Received on Mon 25 Aug 2003 11:10:14 AM PDT