[meteorite-list] NP Article, 03-1949 Sikhote Meteorite Article
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:26 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV91vpWyJnozi0000297b_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0036_01C390CD.BB93B1E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (Sorry if your part of my e-mail list and get this twice, didn't mean to = send it there) Paper: Lethbridge Herald =20 City: Lethbridge, Alberta =20 Date: Thursday, March 10, 1949 Page: 16 SIBERIAN METEORITE (From the Manchester Guardian.) The arrival on earth of a giant meteorite is a rare occurrence. When it h= appens we may be reasonably content if it is at the other end of the worl= d rather than in own neighborhood. There seems no reason in the nature of= things why the thousand-tonner which struck a remote spot in Eastern Sib= eria on February 12, 1947, should now have landed in Lancashire. We should not then have had to wait to find its arrival recorded in "Natu= re" nearly two years later, but, on balance, we need not grumble at that.= we are more inclined, if it is not too late, to congratulate the distant= inhabitants of the Amoor River valley that the strange monster found its= target in the neighboring mountain range and apparently caused little hu= man loss. It came in daylight and almost outshone the sun for a few secon= ds for which it was seen from every town and village within 125 miles. The noise of the explosions which accompanied it and of the final crash w= ere carried nearly as far and meteoric fragments were scattered over a ra= dius of seven or eight miles. there seems to have been no central crater = of the Arizona type, the whole meteorite breaking up into thousands of fr= agments, but more than a hundred funnels were found in the rocks, some of= them six yards deep and three times as wide, and there was considerable = destruction of trees. Though rather fanicfully described by one of the Russian scientists as a = "minor planet," this was certainly an outsize in land-falling meteorites,= and geo-physicists the world over will take all the interest in it that = they are allowed. A large part of the affected region has been closed and placed at disposa= l of he Academy of Sciences if the U.S.S.R., which has already sent two e= xpeditions to the site. But so long as the present theory of Russian scie= nce for the Russians prevails, international scientists are likely to fin= d Eastern Siberia even more remote than it has usually been. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0036_01C390CD.BB93B1E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> <DIV><B><FONT= size=3D2> <P>(Sorry if your part of my e-mail list and get this twice, d= idn't mean to send it there)</P> <P>Paper: Lethbridge Herald </P> <P>City= : Lethbridge, Alberta </P> <P>Date: Thursday, March 10, 1949</P> <P>Page:= 16</P></B> <P> </P> <P>SIBERIAN METEORITE</P> <P>(From the Manchest= er Guardian.)</P> <P> </P> <P>The arrival on earth of a giant meteor= ite is a rare occurrence. When it happens we may be reasonably content if= it is at the other end of the world rather than in own neighborhood. The= re seems no reason in the nature of things why the thousand-tonner which = struck a remote spot in Eastern Siberia on February 12, 1947, should now = have landed in Lancashire.</P> <P>We should not then have had to wait to = find its arrival recorded in "Nature" nearly two years later, but, on bal= ance, we need not grumble at that. we are more inclined, if it is not too= late, to congratulate the distant inhabitants of the Amoor River valley = that the strange monster found its target in the neighboring mountain ran= ge and apparently caused little human loss. It came in daylight and almos= t outshone the sun for a few seconds for which it was seen from every tow= n and village within 125 miles.</P> <P>The noise of the explosions which = accompanied it and of the final crash were carried nearly as far and mete= oric fragments were scattered over a radius of seven or eight miles. ther= e seems to have been no central crater of the Arizona type, the whole met= eorite breaking up into thousands of fragments, but more than a hundred f= unnels were found in the rocks, some of them six yards deep and three tim= es as wide, and there was considerable destruction of trees.</P> <P>Thoug= h rather fanicfully described by one of the Russian scientists as a "mino= r planet," this was certainly an outsize in land-falling meteorites, and = geo-physicists the world over will take all the interest in it that they = are allowed.</P> <P>A large part of the affected region has been closed a= nd placed at disposal of he Academy of Sciences if the U.S.S.R., which ha= s already sent two expeditions to the site. But so long as the present th= eory of Russian science for the Russians prevails, international scientis= ts are likely to find Eastern Siberia even more remote than it has usuall= y been.</P></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3D3>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArtic= les.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</FONT><= /DIV><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line arch= ive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0036_01C390CD.BB93B1E0-- Received on Sun 12 Oct 2003 03:32:58 PM PDT |
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