[meteorite-list] Speculation Aired Over Meteor Crash Site in Australia

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue May 4 12:44:21 2004
Message-ID: <200405041644.JAA15605_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1100639.htm

Speculation aired over meteor crash site
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
May 4, 2004

Scientists say a meteor that was seen in the Perth sky at the
weekend probably landed about 100 kilometres west of Geraldton,
in Western Australia's mid-west.

Perth Observatory astronomer Peter Birch says among the dozens
of callers who reported seeing the meteor, a call from Chapman
Valley was the most valuable.

He says that call confirmed that the meteor landed somewhere to
the west of Geraldton.

"It's very hard to tell how far things are away at night-time, you
know bright lights, it's just hard to say and this is extremely
brilliant, but it has crashed into the ocean somewhere to the west
of Geraldton, the fact that nobody heard any noise, this was at
least 100km away," he said.
Received on Tue 04 May 2004 12:44:08 PM PDT