[meteorite-list] Interesting article on Tata that gives the date of the fall as the 25th July

From: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:29:08 +0100
Message-ID: <1RlLeO-1rM1200_at_fwd20.aul.t-online.de>

Sorry Chris, but the date (25th July) refers to the meteor observed above Brittany in France.
The article you quote was already published on the 23rd December, parallel to the first public anouncement of the new Martian fall by Luc Labenne.
 
Martin
 
Von: chris handler <cmhandler at gmail.com>
 An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
 Betreff: [meteorite-list] Interesting article on Tata that gives the date of the fall as the 25th July
 Datum: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:39:03 +0100
 
I found this interesting article on Tata that coverers both its
 discovery date, as well as some information on current study
 concerning it. I've translated the page into English the best I could.
 The original can be found here if you wish to see it;
 http://www.cieletespace.fr/node/8328
 
 Discovery of a Martian meteorite that fell to Earth this past summer
 Like a racing car plummeting from space, a meteorite that was observed
 in the middle of the day has been identified as coming from the planet
 Mars. Alerted in mid December by the discovery of the meteorites
 between Morocco and Algeria, Luc Labenne, a hunter of meteorites,
 examined the rocks and recognized them to be a Shergottite, the most
 common type of rock torn off the surface of Mars by powerful impacts.
 
 A Martian meteorite discovery
 Luc Labenne recovered the first samples of the meteorite after being
 guided by local Saharans who observed the arrival of the powerful
 bolide, heralding the arrival of the Martian on July 25th. He then had
 two small samples of approximately two grams sent Brigitte Zanda and
 Violaine Sauter, of the Museum of Natural history for analysis. "What
 is obvious right now is that the crust that surrounds the meteorite is
 intact, a sign that its fall was very recent. The crust on this
 meteorites is very fragile and in the sand driven winds of the desert,
 the crust would have deteriorated, even after only a few months."
 
 Conformation of Martian origin
 Through contact with an American specialist researcher in meteorites,
 Luc Labenne has confirmed that the fragments are indeed of Martian
 origin. The researcher has already obtained samples and had them
 confirmed by analysis as authentic.
 
 A unique chance for science
 As the Martian origin has been confirmed, this constitutes an
 exceptional opportunity for science, just as the Paris meteorite
 discovered in 2010 did. Indeed, Since this meteorite has avoided the
 ravages of time and contamination, it offers an opportunity to search
 for the possible remnants of Martian organisms, just as the Martian
 meteorite ALH 84001 did in 1996, only unlike this new meteorite, it
 had sat on the surface of the Earth for 13000 years.
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