[meteorite-list] Wichita meteorite makes local paper
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:53 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV98q0xrbfuYZ000224d8_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C41216.F3ACB8E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello list, I sent out a press release on Tuesday on the Wichita meteorite, to all th= e local medias. After no press calls on Tuesday I took off across the s= tate yesterday only to come home to find 53 calls on my caller ID. I le= ft contact information for me and Jerry Calvert, a local who some of you = know a little. It was only with Jerry I was able to get the Kansas Meteo= rite Society off the ground. So after posting, 100-200? meteorite newspa= per reports to this list, I can now post an article I had a lot to do wit= h.... Traveler from the heavens A meteorite discovered in a Sedgwick County wheat field in 1971 is on dis= play today. BY BECCY TANNER The Wichita Eagle Jerry Calvert is eager to show folks one well-traveled rock. As a meteor,= it flew in outer space for maybe 2 million years or so. It fell from the= sky and was discovered by Bud Scott on Aug. 17, 1971, in his wheatfield,= three miles east of Wichita. Then it was purchased, and it traveled to Japan. Now, Calvert -- co-founder of the Kansas Meteorite Society -- has purchas= ed the five-pound rock and returned it to Sedgwick County. Today and Friday, the public can see the meteorite from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. = at Fire Equipment Co., 123 S. Osage. "It's the only recovered meteorite for Sedgwick County," Calvert said. He hopes the Sedgwick County meteorite -- which he wants to have named "T= he Wichita Meteorite" by the Meteorite Nomenclature Committee -- will hel= p spur awareness and interest in meteorites. The Wichita meteorite has been identified as a common chondrite, the clas= sification for the majority of meteorites. Kansas ranks second behind Texas for the most meteorites found within sta= te boundaries. Calvert says the main reason is that some of the most renowned meteorite = specialists have been born and raised in Kansas. Harvey Nininger, the most famous meteorite hunter of all time, was born i= n Conway Springs and taught at McPherson College. Lincoln La Paz, who fou= nded the Institute of Meteorites at the University of New Mexico, was bor= n in Wichita and attended Wichita State University. When Nininger died in 1986, he was considered the most prolific meteorite= collector of the 20th century. He was the founder of the American Meteor= ite Laboratory and published 12 books on meteorites. Calvert says he has a passion for the rocks because "they are composed of= the same virgin materials that formed our sun and neighboring planets. T= hey exist in their original state, unchanged by weathering, erosion, volc= anism and other planetary forces." Calvert hopes the viewing of the Wichita meteorite this week will spark i= nterest in people who either want to know more about the rocks or who may= have meteorites they would like to have identified or perhaps sell. "There is some monetary value in meteorites through universities and priv= ate collectors," Calvert said. ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C41216.F3ACB8E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hello list,</D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I sent out a press release on Tuesday on = the Wichita meteorite, to all the local medias. After no pres= s calls on Tuesday I took off across the state yesterday only to com= e home to find 53 calls on my caller ID. I left contact infor= mation for me and Jerry Calvert, a local who some of you know a litt= le. It was only with Jerry I was able to get the Kansas Meteorite S= ociety off the ground. So after posting, 100-200? meteorite newspap= er reports to this list, I can now post an article I had a lot to do with= ...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <H= 1><FONT size=3D2>Traveler from the heavens</FONT></H1><IMG height=3D5 src= =3D"http://www.kansas.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><B><SPA= N class=3Ddeck>A meteorite discovered in a Sedgwick County wheat field in= 1971 is on display today.</SPAN></B><BR><IMG height=3D10 src=3D"http://w= ww.kansas.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><B><SPAN class=3Dby= line>BY BECCY TANNER</SPAN></B><BR><IMG height=3D1 src=3D"http://www.kans= as.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><B><SPAN class=3Dcreditlin= e>The Wichita Eagle</SPAN></B><BR><IMG height=3D1 src=3D"http://www.kansa= s.com/images/common/spacer.gif" width=3D1><BR><SPAN class=3Dbody-content>= <!-- begin body-content --> <P>Jerry Calvert is eager to show folks one w= ell-traveled rock. As a meteor, it flew in outer space for maybe 2 millio= n years or so. It fell from the sky and was discovered by Bud Scott on Au= g. 17, 1971, in his wheatfield, three miles east of Wichita.</P> <P>Then = it was purchased, and it traveled to Japan.</P> <P>Now, Calvert -- co-fou= nder of the Kansas Meteorite Society -- has purchased the five-pound rock= and returned it to Sedgwick County.</P> <P>Today and Friday, the public = can see the meteorite from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire Equipment Co., 123 S.= Osage.</P> <P>"It's the only recovered meteorite for Sedgwick County," C= alvert said.</P> <P>He hopes the Sedgwick County meteorite -- which he wa= nts to have named "The Wichita Meteorite" by the Meteorite Nomenclature C= ommittee -- will help spur awareness and interest in meteorites.</P> <P>T= he Wichita meteorite has been identified as a common chondrite, the class= ification for the majority of meteorites.</P> <P>Kansas ranks second behi= nd Texas for the most meteorites found within state boundaries.</P> <P>Ca= lvert says the main reason is that some of the most renowned meteorite sp= ecialists have been born and raised in Kansas.</P> <P>Harvey Nininger, th= e most famous meteorite hunter of all time, was born in Conway Springs an= d taught at McPherson College. Lincoln La Paz, who founded the Institute = of Meteorites at the University of New Mexico, was born in Wichita and at= tended Wichita State University.</P> <P>When Nininger died in 1986, he wa= s considered the most prolific meteorite collector of the 20th century. H= e was the founder of the American Meteorite Laboratory and published 12 b= ooks on meteorites.</P> <P>Calvert says he has a passion for the rocks be= cause "they are composed of the same virgin materials that formed our sun= and neighboring planets. They exist in their original state, unchanged b= y weathering, erosion, volcanism and other planetary forces."</P> <P>Calv= ert hopes the viewing of the Wichita meteorite this week will spark inter= est in people who either want to know more about the rocks or who may hav= e meteorites they would like to have identified or perhaps sell.</P> <P>"= There is some monetary value in meteorites through universities and priva= te collectors," Calvert said.</SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>&nb= sp;</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C41216.F3ACB8E0-- Received on Thu 25 Mar 2004 04:12:05 AM PST |
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