[meteorite-list] NP Article, 11-1950 Nininger, Meteor Crater Hunt Futile

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:40 2004
Message-ID: <3EC2A646.7746C335_at_kconline.com>

Hi Steve and all,

Nininger systematically went all around the crater at different radiuses, collecting
the contents of the soil (a few square inches in each spot) and carefully laid out in
a grid of each section recovered. He found that certain areas contain more of the
spheroids and that the further out the less concentrated they were. He used this
gathering of material to calculate the size of the impactor. Pretty impressive work
for that time. His philosophy of do something that need doing and that no one has ever
done is a good one. He certainly lived up to his philosophy. This might make for a
good Nininger Moment topic. I can remember also being told about the drill stopping.
Wonder if there is a mass down there or they hit a geological feature. Perhaps it was
just time to stop drilling.

--AL
Received on Wed 14 May 2003 04:25:43 PM PDT