[meteorite-list] New Jersey 'Meteorite' Might Be Space Junk

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:51:02 -0500
Message-ID: <mj3a43pcmmp6gaoquept7hkvua9q8o670t_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 11 May 2007 16:05:25 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>The silvery object was made of a stainless-steel alloy that does not
>occur in nature and is most likely "orbital debris" - part of a
>satellite, rocket or some other spacecraft, said Rutgers University
>geologist Jeremy Delaney.
>

Still cool. I'd take it.

Of course, you could argue that, since it fell through the atmosphere to the
ground, presumedly heating enough to cause a meteor (though not reported, as far
as I know) it should be called a meteorite-- an artificial one, anyway.
Received on Fri 11 May 2007 08:51:02 PM PDT