[meteorite-list] NPA 04-1947 Sikhote-Alin Meteorite Fall, 1st Russian Report
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:18 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV8whyxknNQ9t00062935_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C3E837.081A1C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Evening Gazette City: Reno, Nevada Date: Monday, April 28, 1947 Page: 9 Russians Study Meteorite Fall MOSCOW, April 28 (AP) - V. G. Fesenkov, chairman of the meteorite committ= ee of the USSR Academy of Science, said today it was possible that a mino= r planet collided with the earth on Feb. 12, 1947, when a missile, descri= bed as a meteorite, fell in eastern Siberia. "It is now becoming increasingly clear," Fesenkov stated, "that it was an= exceptional phenomenon in many respects. For one thing some of the fragm= ents smashed through the surface state of soil and penetrated into bedroc= k, leaving several dozen craters, the biggest of them about 75 feet in di= ameter. "The combination of circumstances required for a heavenly body to strike = our planet with sufficient force to create craters is exceedingly rare." Fesenkov said that it was "quite possible that what happened in the far e= ast was the collision of a minor planet with the earth." He said a Soviet= expedition was studying the area where the missile fell. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C3E837.081A1C00 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: Reno Evening Gazette</P> <P>City: Reno, Nevada</P> <P>Date: M= onday, April 28, 1947</P> <P>Page: 9</P> <P> </P> <P>Russians Study = Meteorite Fall</P> <P>MOSCOW, April 28 (AP) - V. G. Fesenkov, chairman of= the meteorite committee of the USSR Academy of Science, said today it wa= s possible 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," Fesenkov stated, "that it was a= n exceptional phenomenon in many respects. For one thing some of the frag= ments smashed through the surface state of soil and penetrated into bedro= ck, leaving several dozen craters, the biggest of them about 75 feet in d= iameter.</P> <P>"The combination of circumstances required for a heavenly= body to strike our planet with sufficient force to create craters is exc= eedingly rare."</P> <P>Fesenkov said that it was "quite possible that wha= t happened in the far east was the collision of a minor planet with the e= arth." He said a Soviet expedition was studying the area where the missil= e fell.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free= on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C3E837.081A1C00-- Received on Sat 31 Jan 2004 09:15:55 PM PST |
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