[meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 24 Nov 2010 11:11:11 UT
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Temperature of meteorites (24-Nov-2010 11:17)
From: hraab at aon.at
To: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de

Hello All,

Again forwarding something ... this time from Herbert Raab:

Zelimir Gabelica wrote:

> Are there data reporting "cold, frozen or alike" meteorites ?

In the Natural History Museum in Vienna, there is
a slice of Dhurmsala on display. The label reads:
 
"Dhurmsala. Gefallen 14.Juli 1869. Kam so kalt zur Erde, dass er
 nicht in der Hand gehalten werden konnte. Einziger derartiger Fall".

("Dhurmsala. Fell July 14, 1869. Reached [the surface of] the Earth so cold
 that it was not possible to hold it in the hand. Only known such case.")

Haidinger, in his description of the 1866 fall of Knyahinya, writes:

"Der israelitische Gastwirth gab die bestimmte ?u?erung ab, da? der Stein, der,
wo er sa?, vor ihm herabfiel, und den er sogleich aufhob, eiskalt war, aber da?
ihm die Hand intensiv nach Schwefel - und Pulver, auch Knoblauch - wie der
Ausdruck war - roch, so zwar, da? die Hand noch zwei Tage lang den Geruch
beibehielt."

("The israelitic innkeeper gave the certain statement that the stone which fell
in front of him, where he sat, and that was picked up immediately, was ice-cold,
but that his hand smelled like sulfur - and [gun]powder, even garlic - as his words
were - and that the had kept that smell for two days.")

Best greetings,

Herbert
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