[meteorite-list] New Zealand Police Have 'Meteorite' Fragment

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 12 19:46:33 2006
Message-ID: <djheg2t03pequ9bbfv93bd2cmckf5e54ok_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:39:13 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>"It is very light...almost weightless and (the farmers) have never seen
>anything like it before," said police southern communications centre
>supervisor Paul Visser.
>
>Visser said the object was about 10cm long, 5cm wide and deep, and too
>light to be rock, with an "unknown texture".

Strange description. Have there been any uses of aerogel on anything that could
have reentered the atmosphere?
Received on Tue 12 Sep 2006 07:47:51 PM PDT