[meteorite-list] NP Article, 10-1973 Canon City Meteorite Falls
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:43 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV104G1Kiaexd000101e3_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C320B0.FE3D77C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Indiana Evening Gazette City: Indiana, Pennsylvania Date: Wednesday, October 31, 1973 Page: 42 Meteorite Falls Through Garage Roof In Colorado CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - A meteorite, nearly six inches long and four inc= hes wide, fell through the roofof Jack Stevens' garage. Stevens thought it was just a rock and was about to throw it out when she= riff's officers persuaded him to call experts. Scientists from the American Meteorite Laboratory in Denver confimed that= the rock was a meteorite. Part of the meteorite will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Wash= ington and other pieces will be given to the UInited States Geological Su= rvey. Mark note: This meteorite, named Canon City, has been classified as an H6= stone chondrite. It fell on October 27, 1973 and the stone recovered wei= ghed 1.378kg, which is close to three pounds. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C320B0.FE3D77C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= > <P>Paper: Indiana Evening Gazette</P> <P>City: Indiana, Pennsylvania</P= > <P>Date: Wednesday, October 31, 1973</P> <P>Page: 42</P> <P>Meteorite F= alls Through Garage Roof In Colorado</P> <P>CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - A me= teorite, nearly six inches long and four inches wide, fell through the ro= ofof Jack Stevens' garage.</P> <P>Stevens thought it was just a rock and = was about to throw it out when sheriff's officers persuaded him to call e= xperts.</P> <P>Scientists from the American Meteorite Laboratory in Denve= r confimed that the rock was a meteorite.</P> <P>Part of the meteorite wi= ll be sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and other pieces = will be given to the UInited States Geological Survey.</P> <P> </P> = <P>Mark note: This meteorite, named Canon City, has been classified as an= H6 stone chondrite. It fell on October 27, 1973 and the stone recovered = weighed 1.378kg, which is close to three pounds.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please= visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and m= eteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C320B0.FE3D77C0-- Received on Thu 22 May 2003 11:25:04 PM PDT |
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