[meteorite-list] New Jersey Meteorite That Hit Home To Be Displayed

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:45:49 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <200701242145.NAA01044_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070124/NEWS01/70124021/1004/living

Meteorite that hit home to be displayed
Associated Press
January 24, 2007

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- It caused a sensation earlier this month
when it crashed through the roof of a Freehold Township family's home,
landing in the bathroom.

Now members of the public will have a chance to catch a glimpse of the
golf ball-sized, silvery meteorite that came to the Garden State from
outer space, Rutgers University announced Wednesday.

Rutgers' geology museum in New Brunswick plans to hold a one-day display
of the meteorite during its annual open house, scheduled for Saturday.
Admission is free.

Two geologists from Rutgers, along with an independent metallurgist,
helped Freehold Township police and the homeowners, the Nageswaran
family, identify the golf-ball-sized, 13-ounce object as a metal-rich
meteorite, possibly from the deep interior of a broken-up asteroid.

The Nageswarans recently said they were still deciding what to do with
their meteorite, but wanted it to serve an educational purpose.
Received on Wed 24 Jan 2007 04:45:49 PM PST