[meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:17:07 +0300
Message-ID: <4853E0F3.4000402_at_dlc.fi>

Think there?s nothing wrong with this;

http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1197635/jattemeteorit-hittad-i-tornedalen

or perhaps just wrong side of the border of Sweden and Finland ...

best,

pekka s


Michael Farmer kirjoitti:
> I know Thomas Osterberg, we hunted with them and their family last year in Muonionalusta. His daughter found a ~400 kilo piece last year, so it looks like they found the new main-mass this year.
> Congrats to them, I will miss the white nights this year, I am not going ot Sweden, as I have other plans for this summer that involve the southern hemisphere, not the Arctic.
> As the for the UK object, sounds pretty lame to me.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de> wrote:
>
>
>> From: Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news
>> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:56 AM
>> as for the find near Kitkiojarvi, why is that supposed to be
>> a "wrong" or
>> "probable wrong"? The find location in mind this
>> sounds rather like a big
>> Muonionalusta to me. If so, my sincere congratulations to
>> Thomas Osterberg!
>>
>> Svend
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Darren Garrison"
>> <cynapse at charter.net>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:29 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a
>> probable 'wrong in the
>> news
>>
>>
>> http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/13/Giant_meteorite_found_in_Sweden/UPI-38431213396355/
>>
>> STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 13 (UPI) -- A massive meteorite
>> weighing a
>> staggering
>> 2,607 pounds has been found near the northern Swedish
>> village of
>> Kitkiojarvi,
>> officials say.
>>
>> Thomas Osterberg, one of the two people who found it, said
>> it was the
>> biggest
>> meteorite ever found in Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT
>> reported.
>>
>> He said it was egg-shaped, about one meter high with a
>> diameter of about 70
>> centimeters at its broadest.
>>
>> The finders say they hope to sell the whopper to the
>> Swedish Museum of
>> Natural
>> History.
>>
>> "It must stay in Sweden," Osterberg said.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/latestnews/3163460.Man_claims_a_meteorite_left_a_hole_in_his_garden/
>>
>> A WINSFORD man had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday night in
>> the form of a
>> small
>> meteorite.
>>
>> Graham Brooks, 37, a heavy goods vehicle fitter, lives at
>> his mother
>> Christine's
>> house at Railway Cottages in Rilshaw Lane.
>>
>> He was sitting at home looking at wedding magazines with
>> his partner Karen
>> at
>> around 10.30pm when he heard a loud bang outside.
>>
>> When the couple went to see what had happened, they found a
>> pile of stones
>> and
>> soil up against their caravan in the back garden and a
>> small golf-ball sized
>> hole in the ground leaving bits of silver fragments around
>> it.
>>
>> Graham said: "It felt like a gas cylinder exploded or
>> something and there
>> was a
>> very loud bang."
>>
>> The incident was believed to have been caused by a small
>> meteorite hitting
>> the
>> ground that caused soil and stones to make dents in the
>> caravan.
>>
>> Graham added: "I've never seen or heard anything
>> like it before.
>>
>> "If it had been three feet closer then it would have
>> come through the
>> skylight
>> in the roof and hit us.
>>
>> "It was as loud as a gunshot and the neighbours were
>> gobsmacked.
>>
>> "I was very shocked by the incident and we're
>> supposed to be getting married
>> in
>> September as well."
>>
>> Graham spoke to Terry O' Brian, who works for
>> Manchester Museum, who asked
>> Graham to post the bits to him for analysis but believes it
>> might have been
>> a
>> meteorite from Graham's description.
>>
>> It is estimated to have caused around ?1,000 worth of
>> damage to the caravan.
>>
>> Graham and his partner Karen are currently speaking with
>> their insurance
>> company
>> to see if they are covered.
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