[meteorite-list] NP Article, Meteorite Hits Man, Nininger

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:47 2004
Message-ID: <3E6E3A90.6717AAE_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Curious Michael Lee Blood inquired :-)

> Any idea what fall this was?

H. Nininger:

> tested the object in his laboratory - and he says he feels
> not only that it is an honest-too-goodness meteorite, but
> that it's something pretty s p e c i a l in that line.

The only "special something" near the date when the newspaper
article was written (Thursday, December 31, 1953) would be the
Garland diogenite (UTAH), which fell in the summer of 1950.
One stone of 102 gr was recovered according to the information
given in the Catalogue of Meteorites.

Bernd
Received on Tue 11 Mar 2003 02:35:44 PM PST