[meteorite-list] New Eucrite? - Eastern Slovakia

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:18:23 -0700
Message-ID: <4BB3AE0F.60406_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Take a look at the photos in the article, does this appear to be an
achondrite/eucrite maybe?

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On the eastern Slovakia fell meteorite, scientists found fragments of
http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/vesmir/_zprava/714433
Eastern Slovakia fell to an hour before midnight on 28th February tens
of kilograms of rock from space. These were fragments of a meteorite
that burned up in atmosphere, lit up the sky in a radius of several
hundred kilometers and frightening residents.

Some fragments of the meteorite, astronomers have found, researched and
today it is first shown to the public. How Radio?urn?l said Marek
Husa??k of the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences,
the largest piece weighs over two kilograms.
Audio
Interview with Mark Husa??k from the Astronomical Institute of the
Slovak Academy of Sciences in the afternoon Radio?urn?l
DOWNLOAD (download)

"It has a dark gray color is relatively heavy compared to other stones,
which are normally found on Earth," described Husa??k rare find.

Scientists have found fragments of municipalities of Klatovy Vy?n? west
of Kosice. Whence meteorid arrived, trying to find Slovak astronomers,
together with experts from the Ondrejov Observatory of the Academy of
Sciences.

"Identify heliocentric orbit is not easy, it is necessary to determine
the position of being the largest pieces of which we have actually only
one," said Husa??k.

Impacts of meteorites on Earth are referred to him a frequent
phenomenon, but it is not easy to record. "Specifically, the Slovak has
been observed, there are five falls. Recent findings from the 1994
Rumanov? the village, "he said.

Part of the material universe is now going to analyze the composition,
more debris then end up in museum in the Slovak Republic, the Czech
Republic and Hungary. It then comes under Husa??k important video that
helped to identify the impact site.
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Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
Received on Wed 31 Mar 2010 04:18:23 PM PDT