[meteorite-list] Meteorite just misses Kewanee man

From: John Sinclair <johnsinclairjr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 29 15:16:43 2004
Message-ID: <001401c4a645$c331edc0$6400a8c0_at_sinclair>

Meteorite just misses Kewanee man

http://www.starcourier.com/articles/2004/09/29/city/city3.txt
By Star Courier staff


KEWANEE -- Pat Lee was working outside the Tool Time Rental building on
South Main Street Saturday when he heard a bang.

A rock had struck the south side of the building, about five feet from where
Lee had been working.

The rock, according to Tool Time owner Pete Cali, was a meteorite.

When it fell to earth, the rock struck the side of the building at an angle,
and didn't cause any visible damage to the exterior.

Had the meteorite struck a couple of feet farther north, it probably would
have punched through the roof of Cali's building, he said.

The rock was about four inches across. When it hit the building it shattered
into several pieces.

It doesn't look like your garden-variety rock. There are small holes in it,
which look like wormholes and may have been caused by the intense heat
caused by friction as the rock fell through the earth's atmosphere.

There are also tiny metallic flakes in the rock, which Cali said are gold.

For that reason, and because some people collect such things, the meteorite
may have some value. Cali said he read of a metorite found in Texas fetching
$1,100.
Received on Wed 29 Sep 2004 01:00:02 PM PDT