[meteorite-list] Chinese meteorite fall--any ideas on which one? 2007-07-05 update

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:45:46 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <90885.25302.qm_at_web53203.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Dear List,
  Found this in the Chinese news. May 27 was given as
the fall date, published 2007-07-05.

Meteorite crash lands just 2m from farm worker

A meteorite formed some 4.6 billion years ago, landed
on the banks of a fish pond in Heihe, Heilongjiang, on
May 27 right in front of a worker, Song.

"That evening, the meteorite with its largest pieces
the size of an ordinary steamed-bread, struck the bank
with tremendous force and sound, creating a crater
just 2 meters from me," Song said. "I tremble at the
very thought of it."

"As far as I know, the distance between where the
meteorite landed and its witness is the closest we
have seen in this country," Zhang Baolin, an expert
from the Beijing Planetarium, said.

(Beijing Evening News)

Dirk Ross...Tokyo
Received on Thu 01 May 2008 08:45:46 PM PDT