[meteorite-list] Stars Fell on Alabama

From: Philip R. Burns <pib_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jun 7 13:45:41 2004
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040607124217.025150f0_at_pibburns.com>

At 12:29 PM 6/7/2004, Anita Westlake wrote:

>Can anyone tell me what this license plate slogan refers to from Alabama:
>
>"Stars Fell on Alabama"
>
>Is it in reference to the Wetumpka impact?
>
>Anita D. Westlake

No, it's a reference to the great Leonid meteor storm of 1833.

There was an article about the effect of the 1833 Leonids in "Alabama
Heritage Magazine" a few years back. I don't have the exact citation at hand.


-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns
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Received on Mon 07 Jun 2004 01:45:04 PM PDT