[meteorite-list] Sikhote, Another Fesenkov NP and my big Sikhote
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:22 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV65D6NSmbGJu0000396d_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3F19C.8B4F5450 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, Today's Sikhote article features a cool quote from Fesenkov. I suggest = that everyone read, Giant Meteorites, granted a hard to find book, but on= e that talks about the Sikhote fall more then any other book. With this = book and Peter Brown's Sky and telescope you might get a good understandi= ng of Fesenkov. He is kind of a Kulik like legend in meteorites in Russi= a, and one of the more underrated meteorite people....historically. Paper: Berkshire Evening Eagle City: Pittsfield, Massachusetts Date: Thursday, May 01, 1947 Page: 2? Soviet Scientist Thinks Planet Hit Earth in February MOSCOW (AP_ - V. G. Fesenkov, chairman of the meteorite committee of the = U.S.S.R. Academy of Science, says it was possibly that a minor planet col= lided with the earth on Feb. 12, 1947, when a missile, described as a met= eorite, fell in eastern Siberia. "It is now becoming increasingly clear," Fezenkov reports, "that is was a= n exceptional phenomenon in many respects. For one thing some of the frag= ments smashed through the surface strata of soft and penetrated into bedr= ock, leaving several dozen craters, the biggest of them about 75 feet in = diameter. "The combination of circumstances required for a heavenly body to strike = out planet with sufficient force to create craters is exceedingly rare," = he notes. Today Sikhote photo I am sharing is my "big" Sikhote. A 2.5 kg. piece o= f scrapnel. Small compared to many of the mosters in others collections.= (Support the Mark needs a 200 lb. Sikhote fund). It is very skinny and= will stand up and looks kind of like a bird or a dragon on two feet, but= I do not have it here at the house so I can't provided really good image= s of it. The meteorite is downtown in a collection of meteorites I hav= e had out on loan for close to a year. Starting to miss a couple of my = cosmic friends in that glass case. =20 You can see the Sikhote, laying on its side and upside down (dragon wise)= on the following page. Of interesting note is the use of Roman's labels= =20 http://www.meteoritearticles.com/coldowntown.html Thank you to the many list members that sent me photos of their favorite = Sikhote via e-mail. While it saddens me a little that more list members= would be more interested in Matteo stomping, then sharing photos of thei= r sikhotes, I am stubborn and will continue the Sikhote thread on a few m= ore days. =20 Mark Bostick ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3F19C.8B4F5450 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hello everyone= ,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Today's Sikhote article features a cool qu= ote from Fesenkov. I suggest that everyone read, Giant Meteor= ites, granted a hard to find book, but one that talks about the Sikhote f= all more then any other book. With this book and Peter Brown's Sky = and telescope you might get a good understanding of Fesenkov. He is= kind of a Kulik like legend in meteorites in Russia, and one of the more= underrated meteorite people....historically.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FON= T size=3D2> <P>Paper: Berkshire Evening Eagle</P> <P>City: Pittsfield, Ma= ssachusetts</P> <P>Date: Thursday, May 01, 1947</P> <P>Page: 2?</P> <P>So= viet Scientist Thinks Planet Hit Earth in February</P> <P>MOSCOW (AP_ - V= G. Fesenkov, chairman of the meteorite committee of the U.S.S.R. Academ= y of Science, says it was possibly that a minor planet collided with the = earth on Feb. 12, 1947, when a missile, described as a meteorite, fell in= eastern Siberia.</P> <P>"It is now becoming increasingly clear," Fezenko= v reports, "that is was an exceptional phenomenon in many respects. For o= ne thing some of the fragments smashed through the surface strata of soft= and penetrated into bedrock, leaving several dozen craters, the biggest = of them about 75 feet in diameter.</P> <P>"The combination of circumstanc= es required for a heavenly body to strike out planet with sufficient forc= e to create craters is exceedingly rare," he notes.</P> <P> </P> <P>= </P> <P>Today Sikhote photo I am sharing is my "big" Sikhote. = A 2.5 kg. piece of scrapnel. Small compared to many of the m= osters in others collections. (Support the Mark needs a 200 lb. Sik= hote fund). It is very skinny and will stand up and looks kind of l= ike a bird or a dragon on two feet, but I do not have it here at the hous= e so I can't provided really good images of it. The met= eorite is downtown in a collection of meteorites I have had out on loan f= or close to a year. Starting to miss a couple of my cosmic fr= iends in that glass case. </P> <P>You can see the Sikhote, laying on its = side and upside down (dragon wise) on the following page. Of intere= sting note is the use of Roman's labels. </P> <P><A href=3D"http://= www.meteoritearticles.com/coldowntown.html">http://www.meteoritearticles.= com/coldowntown.html</A></P> <P>Thank you to the many list members that s= ent me photos of their favorite Sikhote via e-mail. While it = saddens me a little that more list members would be more interested = in Matteo stomping, then sharing photos of their sikhotes, I am stubborn = and will continue the Sikhote thread on a few more days. </P> <P>Mark Bos= tick</P> <P></FONT> </P></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3F19C.8B4F5450-- Received on Thu 12 Feb 2004 08:15:15 PM PST |
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