[meteorite-list] More news from Peru, plan to dig up meteorite in one month.

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 09:19:52 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <119827.22000.qm_at_web33114.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

http://www.andina.com.pe/NoticiaDetalle.aspx?id=144595


Below is my translation.


Lima, Oct 7.
In on emonth it will be possible to determine where
the meteorite which fell on the community of Carancas
, in the Puno district, during the middle of
September, came from, estimated the president of the
Geophysic institute of Peru, Ronald Woodman.
 
He instisted that it is essential to allow the local
scientists to work in peace and prevent inconveniences
like those seens last week during the visit of the
"meteoritehunter" Michael Farmer.

During that time, specialists from the IGP were
impeded from getting close to the impact site of the
object from space.

"With our work, we will determine from which
direction, and at what angle it arrived to the earth
from, and that will help to identify from which
source, which part of space it came from", he informed
the news agency, Andina.

He also said that "there are different areas in the
planetary system that contribute to meteorites, and
they are classified to see if they are Lunar or
Martian, asteroids that collide, or comets that pass
by".

He reminded that meteorites represent the only natural
form of having contact with the solar system and allow
us to understand better our own origens.

Later, Woodman signaled that he would coordinate with
foreign institutions to send pieces of the meteorite
for more specializes compositional analisys.

"We are trying to figure out who could help us more"
said the specialist, who last Monday denounced the
commercialization of the meteorite by Farmer.

Photographs taken by some scientists of the IGP
confirmed the presence of the Americans some days
before. Previously the authorities had denied the
possibility of their access to the site.

According to Farmer, the locals and the police sold
him 300 grams of meteorite divided into more than 100
Fragments, for which he paid more or less $1000.00

END



Interesting story, three weeks in the water, and
another month to go. It sure is a good thing Peru has
meteorite "specialists" working on this one. how many
scientists will want samples of mud-meteorite, or do
you want sampled recovered immediately and unsoaked in
sewage water?

Michael Farmer
Received on Sun 07 Oct 2007 12:19:52 PM PDT