[meteorite-list] NP Article, 06-1890 Farmington Meteorite Fall
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:05 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV1368Y4XUreU000086d5_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C34BE6.5680AAA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Decatur Daily Republican =20 City: Decatur, Illinois =20 Date: Thursday, June 26, 1890 Page: 2 A Wonderful Meteor ATCHISON, Kan., June 26. - About one o'clock yesterday afternoon a meteor= fell with a terrific explosion on a farm near Washington, Kan., scatteri= ng rock in every direction. One piece weighing nearly a ton embedded itse= lf in the ground to a depth of several feet. The rock was of a grayish co= lor and was intensely hot. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles = around, many persons thinking it was an earthquake. Mark Note: This newspaper account is of the Farmington meteorite. This me= teorite fell in Washington County, Kansas on June 25, 1890 at 1300 hrs. C= lassified as an L5 black chondrite, breccia. Two stones fell with a total= weight of 89.4 kg. (Reference: Meteorites A to Z, 2001, Michael Jensen, William Jensen, Anne= Black). Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C34BE6.5680AAA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Decatur Daily Republican </P> <P>City: Decatur, Illinois </P= > <P>Date: Thursday, June 26, 1890</P> <P>Page: 2</P></B> <P> </P> <= P>A Wonderful Meteor</P> <P>ATCHISON, Kan., June 26. - About one o'clock = yesterday afternoon a meteor fell with a terrific explosion on a farm nea= r Washington, Kan., scattering rock in every direction. One piece weighin= g nearly a ton embedded itself in the ground to a depth of several feet. = The rock was of a grayish color and was intensely hot. The shock of the e= xplosion was felt for miles around, many persons thinking it was an earth= quake.</P> <P> </P> <P>Mark Note: This newspaper account is of the F= armington meteorite. This meteorite fell in Washington County, Kansas on = June 25, 1890 at 1300 hrs. Classified as an L5 black chondrite, breccia. = Two stones fell with a total weight of 89.4 kg.</P> <P>(Reference: Meteor= ites A to Z, 2001, Michael Jensen, William Jensen, Anne Black).</P></FONT= ><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive = of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C34BE6.5680AAA0-- Received on Wed 16 Jul 2003 11:05:16 PM PDT |
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