[meteorite-list] "Sussex man hit by meteorite"
From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:25:53 -0700 Message-ID: <C8705411.10753%mlblood_at_cox.net> Hi Tom & all, Unfortunately, there are four factors strongly working Against the likelihood of this actually being a meteorite: 1) In the photo the specimen appears to have rust marks - not A possibility for a fresh fall. 2) There appeared to be no matrix vs fusion crusted outer portion 3) It seems most unlikely a meteorite would split in two after hitting A lawn covered field 4) I hear it is extremely common for every manor of thing to be thrown at soccer matches. I would love to be wrong. Michael On 7/24/10 6:58 AM, "Tom Randall (KB2SMS)" <tommy2005 at hvc.rr.com> wrote: > > > http://bit.ly/aPCqpe > > > > --- > http://home.roadrunner.com/~kb2sms/ > Twitter: Tommytimbertoes > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 24 Jul 2010 11:25:53 AM PDT |
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