[meteorite-list] Hammer Question

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:24:02 +1000
Message-ID: <BA1B34ADE80B44F9A650445870530755_at_JeffPC>

They are interesting questions but I see it one simple way. A "hammer" is
interesting why? Think about it! Hammer is just a marketing term... plain
and simple. What's one thing that all "hammers" have in common?

They hit something! Yes but wrong!

The one thing that all "hammers" have in common is a story. That's what we
as people and collectors are interested in. Something that sets it apart
from the norm. So my way of seeing it is that if a particular stone has a
story about then that is the important part.

Matt's "cowpie" stone has every bit the same great story as a stone hitting
a fence, a dirt road or whatever it might be.

The rest is just semantics.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: <mlblood at cox.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question


Michael and Listers,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question Listers. I have one more
example. Now lets say I make a shed out of tree branches that I found from
the woods and the meteorite hits the shed, which is made of only tree
branches. Does it make it a hammer? If so that would have to hold true with
the dirt road as well. Both things are used by man, both things are
constructed by man as a tool, and both items were made of natural items,
dirt and tree branches.

Why I asked this question is because I was doing some research on Lost City
meteorite fall and found this great research paper from 1971. It stated that
the main mass was found on a dirt road. I got to thinking and asked myself,
does that constitute a meteorite to be a hammer if it hits a dirt road.....

I have also read on Michael Bloods website that there had been talks about
the Lost City meteorite fall and that a chunk of the meteorite happened to
hit someones house and landed on the roof. I am wondering how small that
meteorite had to been not to go through the roof or how big it was; which
makes the Lost City meteorite fall a hammer.

There is one other thing that I had noticed about the history of Lost City.
I have read in a few places that it took 10 years for the Prairie Network
system to photograph the first meteorite fall in the USA. Is that 10 years
the length of time it took to photograph the first fall or 10 years that the
Prairie Network system operated for? Why I ask is because I read in a
research paper that it only took 6 years to photograph the first meteorite
fall with the Prairie Network system. Here is the link to the research
paper, page 32:

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1971SAOSR.336.....M/0000032.000.html?high=4bb95d172c21075

Shawn Alan
IMCA 1633
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[meteorite-list] Hammer Question
Michael Blood mlblood at cox.net
Wed Jun 16 08:15:54 EDT 2010

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Hi Shawn,
This is a question of where one chooses to draw the line.
I know some that consider paved road hitters to be hammers.
I am not one of them. However, technically, it does meet the
Criteria. In fact, technically, a dirt road would meet the
Criteria - but not for me - but as I said, it is a personal thing.
PS: Some people also put a great deal of value on "near misses"
Where someone actually witnesses a stone striking near them.
An interesting category that interests me only somewhat, but
Really excites some others.
Hope this "answers" the question.
Best wishes, Michael


On 6/15/10 11:52 PM, "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Hello Listers,

>

> Now I have a good question about hammer meteorite falls. It is said that a

> meteorite fall is a hammer fall if it hits something that is man made. Now
> if

> a meteorite lands on the surface of a serviced dirt road, a road made by
> man

> from dirt, rocks, oil to coat the road, or other processes to maintain the

> dirt road, wouldn't that constitute as being a hammer fall?

>

> Shawn Alan

> IMCA 1633

> eBaystore

> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p43

> 40

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