[meteorite-list] Fourth-grader Finds Meteorite in Florida?

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:23:50 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <75382.32725.qm_at_web30713.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Looks like the kid needs to learn a lesson in telling
the truth. Come on, steam coming out of the hole and
it burnt his little pinky, give me a break!

Happy Thanksgiving,

Adam


--- debfred at att.net wrote:

> List, I have a geologist friend who knows meteorites
> go and see this "hot find" yesterday. As you all
> would suspect it is NOT a meteorite! Looks like a
> piece of slag. Regards, Fred Olsen
>
> -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.ocala.com/article/20071118/NEWS/211180344/1368/googlesitemapnews
> >
> > Fourth-grader finds meteorite in yard
> > BY KAREN VOYLES
> > THE GAINESVILLE SUN (Florida)
> > November 18, 2007
> >
> > CEDAR KEY - A fourth-grader got a personal,
> hands-on lesson in
> > meteorites earlier this week.
> >
> > Jeremiah Barnes, 10, was the featured speaker in
> science classes at
> > Cedar Key School Friday, where he explained how he
> saw the meteorite
> > fall into his yard at the beginning of the week.
> >
> > After seeing an object streak into the yard,
> Jeremiah told high school
> > classes he initially thought one of his cousins
> had thrown something
> > over the fence. After running over to the object
> and touching it,
> > Jeremiah said he knew it was something
> extraordinary.
> >
> > "It burned my finger so I ran in the house and got
> my sister," Jeremiah
> > said.
> >
> > After seeing a blister rise on her brother's index
> finger, Angel Neese,
> > a 14-year-old ninth-grader, doused the object with
> water from the garden
> > house. Brother and sister watched in fascination
> as the water being
> > poured into the shoebox-sized hole made by the
> object instantly began
> > boiling.
> >
> > "It kind of looked like lava from a volcano, but
> then I remembered what
> > we learned in [eighth-grade] science class. And I
> kind of thought it
> > would be a meteorite," Angel said. After the
> object cooled, Angel
> > pointed out the metals in it to her little brother
> and explained what
> > she remembered about objects superheating when
> they entered the Earth's
> > atmosphere.
> >
> > Jeremiah presented the molten lump to high school
> science teacher
> > Richard Whitman, who confirmed it was a meteorite
> and called the
> > astronomy department at the University of Florida
> to try to figure out
> > the odds of a fourth-grader in the state's
> smallest public school
> > actually seeing a meteorite hit the ground.
> >
> > "Not a real likely event," Whitman said. "For
> anyone."
> >
> > Jeremiah said he plans to keep the meteorite and
> is cautious about who
> > gets to handle his new treasure. After telling his
> story to the high
> > school science students, Jeremiah answered
> questions, then walked from
> > desk to desk allowing the teenagers to look and
> touch, but being careful
> > to make sure it remained over a desk to reduce the
> risk of an accidental
> > drop.
> >
> > "I want to make sure I have it always, and it
> doesn't ever get broken,"
> > Jeremiah said.
> >
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