[meteorite-list] Yet Another Jupiter Meteorwrong Makes The News

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 14:10:07 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTik2AOGFB1xxGKZ1_8AAI3mGXshtUu4tDUC7cSVs_at_mail.gmail.com>

Don't these people know how to use search engines?


On 5/13/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> So any time you find a rock, just call the newspaper and say it's a
> meteorite and they'll publish the story? Please note: every earthly factor
> has been ruled out and it's probably from Jupiter or Mars.
>
> http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2010/05/13/news/doc4bec031a6ab9b765018531.txt
>
> Otherworldly? Resident suspects his rock find is from another planet
>
> Devan Werner is a pretty productive 14-year-old.
>
> His spare time is spent running track, building award-winning pens out of
> circuit boards and collecting unique rocks.
>
> Recently, the Shelby Township youth was taking advantage of the warm
> weather, hunting for rocks near vacant land by his home, when he stumbled
> upon something that didn't appear as a typical Michigan rock.
>
> "It caught my eye because it was had ripples on it, but some parts of it
> were smooth and I thought for sure it was a lava rock," Werner said. "But
> then, I wasn't so sure. So I took it home to my dad, knowing he knows a lot
> about things like this."
>
> As he walked home, Werner began to suspect the rock wasn't lava.
>
> "I started to wonder if it was a meteorite," he said.
>
> His father, Steven Werner, an avid researcher who has studied meteorites,
> began to conduct research and so far, every earthly factor has been ruled
> out.
>
> "The first thing we did wasn't to search for other-worldly markings," Steven
> Werner said. "We searched for factors to determine if it's from this planet
> or not."
>
> The 5-pound, charcoal-colored rock has markings that appear to show it
> traveled through several temperature changes and is denser than typical
> rocks. It's also magnetic - as are meteorites.
>
> But where did it come from?
>
> "Researchers say that they came from Mars or Jupiter. More testing needs to
> be done. We need to get this certified to make sure of whatever it is."
>
> Devan Werner hopes it's a meteorite.
>
> "Because I might sell it," he said. Meteorites this size sell for an average
> of $2,000. Devan Werner said he would use the money toward college or to
> launch his pen website.
>
> The Eppler Junior High School student has won several state and regional
> industrial technology awards for his acrylic-, wood- and circuit board-made
> pens.
>
> "I'm just really good at making them. I like to launch different designs,
> try different materials to make them ... I've already sold a few."
>
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> Phil Whitmer
>
>
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