[meteorite-list] Theory of Large Meteorite Impact in Finland is False

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 2 22:52:18 2006
Message-ID: <200601030349.k033nRv12830_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=11290
        
Theory of large meteorite impact in Finnish Lapland is false -Ursa
NewsRoom Finland
January 2, 2006

The suspected meteorite crater in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki in
Finnish Lapland could not have been caused by a meteorite, said Jarmo
Moilanen, a representative of the Finnish astronomical association
(Ursa) in a statement Saturday.

The impact of a meteorite leaving such a large crater would have been
detected, Mr Moilanen argued.

The chair of Ursa's Utsjoki branch had suspected Friday that a meteorite
had caused the crater, estimated to have a diameter of as much as 300
metres.
Received on Mon 02 Jan 2006 10:49:26 PM PST