[meteorite-list] Crater Company Hosts Scientific Symposium On June 20

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004
Message-ID: <200306191732.KAA17452_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=68058

Crater company hosts scientific symposium Friday
Daily Sun (Arizona)
June 19, 2003

Four generations of the Barringer family will be meeting in Flagstaff this
weekend to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Daniel Moreau Barringer's
pioneering efforts to prove the origin of The Barringer Meteorite Crater,
more commonly known as Meteor Crater.

As part of the centennial celebration, Barringer Crater Company is hosting a
public scientific symposium on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Northern
Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road.

The symposium presentation includes Edward Bowell, an astronomer at Lowell
Observatory, talking about near earth asteroids, and David Kring, a
planetary geologist at the University of Arizona, speaking about the
environmental effects of meteorite impacts on earth. Carolyn Shoemaker, an
astronomer recently retired from the United States Geological Survey and
associated with the Lowell Observatory, will also be present to will talk
about comets and their discovery.

In the early 1900s, Barringer, a self-taught geologist and mining engineer,
became aware of an interesting geological feature mid-way between Flagstaff
and Winslow -- a large crater formation some 3/4 of a mile across and 550
feet deep.

At the time, the prevailing thought in the scientific community was that
this giant depression had been caused by a volcanic steam explosion. From
1903 until his death in 1929, Barringer tried to convince the scientific
community that the crater had, in fact, been caused by the impact of a
meteorite from outer space.

Today, The Barringer Meteorite Crater is the earth's first proven and best
preserved meteorite impact site. To make reservations, contact Drew
Barringer at: dnbbcc_at_aol.com. Leave your local telephone number or e-mail
address so that a reservation confirmation can be returned.
Received on Thu 19 Jun 2003 01:32:13 PM PDT