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

From: Zelimir.Gabelica at uha.fr <Zelimir.Gabelica_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 22:31:40 +0200
Message-ID: <20080502223140.6jh0jr5jjyg48o80_at_w3mail.univ-mulhouse.fr>

May 27!
My birthday....
Dirk, save a fragment of this meteorite for me if ever you happnen to
get some. I haven't got any birhstone in my collection so far.

Zelimir

Btw: I will be in Dalian (Liaoning Prov.) in 2 weeks from now. How far
is Heihe from Dalian ?


drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com> a ??crit? :

> 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
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