[meteorite-list] Norways TV-astronomer KJR Ødegaard helps decovers Norways 2nd largest meteorite!?

From: Count Deiro <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 14:46:59 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
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I agree with you Bjorn, That waistline artifact looks terrestial. It appears they have put a good sized Campo on the ground in front of the specimen for comparison.

A bit off subject...but was is that layered food they are eating? The perspective makes it look like some kind of sandwich. Sure looks good.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bjorn Sorheim <astrogeo at online.no>
>Sent: Oct 10, 2010 11:20 AM
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Cc: astrogeo at online.no
>Subject: Norways TV-astronomer KJR ?degaard helps decovers Norways 2nd largest meteorite!?
>
>
>I would point out some things that points to the pictured
>norwegian stone is _not_ a meteorite:
>
>- It looks striped and layered. This is a typical trait of the
>gneissic stones on the western part of southern Norway
>where this story is from. No meteorites are layered or
>striped. It's a consequence of plate tecthonics that
>doesn't exist on the small asteroids. Almost all rocks are
>stiped and layered in this part of Norway.
>
>- Considering the weight, probably ~54kg as it says in
>first article. Taking into acount the volume I very roughly
>estimate it to be ~35 dm3 from images. Then one would get
>1.55 kg/dm3, which shows the volume is overestimated, but far
>from any weight that fits any iron or stony meteorite.
>Average local rock density would be 2.6-2.7 kg/dm3 that fits
>much better.
>
>- Only pitted on a smaller part of the surface. Does not fit an
>iron meteorite. And as it seems layered its looks fto it a local
>stone much better. As it was found under and when a tree
>overturned, it could be the humidity of the roots that made the pits.
>One cannot rule out it is lime in it, then possibly marble.
>On the other hand, seeming to have an affect on a compass, it could
>be a metamorphosed plutonic rock containing some iron
>of which type there are a lot in this area.
>
>Bj?rn S?rheim
>
>
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>www.grenda.no/nyhende/2127/
>
>www.bt.no/forbruker/vitenskap/Fant-meteoritt-paa-gaarden-1172290.html
>
>Norways TV-astronomer KJR ?degaard helps decovers 2nd largest meteorite in
>Norways history! It's hot on several norwegian newsmedia right now.
>He will eat earthly 'greystone' ('gr?stein') if it's not a meteorite...;-)
>Will be shown on Norways 2nd largest TV-station in a few hours.
>
>Well he has a major in astronomy, and been on TV, but what does he know
>about stones, really?
>Anyway everybody in Norway believes his stories, it seems, how is this
>possible after all these years?
>
>(Translate from norwegianby pasting into translate.google.com)
>What do you make out of the story and images?
>
>Bj?rn S?rheim
>
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