[meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas lawmakers to declare official state rock

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:55:03 -0700
Message-ID: <CADYrzhoPg06C9pSS5pPUyjtcjoAMsaf6d94tAWWVOvof-A96Lw_at_mail.gmail.com>

I count 225 New Mexico meteorites in the MetBull. That is 0.00185
meteorites per square mile.

If Kansas has 143 meteorites, then that is 0.00174 meteorites per square mile.

I think that puts the Land of Enchantment as the #1 meteorite state :) :)


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On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> I agree Brenham is be the best suited state meteorite Michael.
> If NY was doing this, it would have to be Peekskill to be the state
> rock.
>
> Mendy I think the teacher was going off the info from Meteoritical
> Bulletin Database
>
> Here are the results I gathered from there.
>
> 116 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
> that are exactly "Nevada"
>
> 130 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
> that are exactly "Arizona"
>
> 143 records found for valid meteorites from United States with places
> that are exactly "Kansas"
>
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas
>> lawmakers to declare official state rock
>> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
>> Date: Wed, January 28, 2015 11:37 am
>> To: Mendy Ouzillou <mendy.ouzillou at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Shawn Alan <shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com>, Meteorite Central
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
>>
>> Why would Cabin Creek be a better choice? It is from Arkansas.
>> Brenham, definitely
>>
>> Michael Farmer
>>
>> > On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Mendy Ouzillou via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm just probably a "meanie", but I think this effort is misguided
>> > though certainly better than making the state rock "limestone". The
>> > children calculated that somehow, Kansas has more meteorites per
>> > square mile (not sure if finds, falls, or hits) than anywhere else in
>> > the US (if finds then sorry Arizona and Nevada). I am happy to see
>> > that calculations were done though disappointed that their teacher did
>> > not better guide their efforts. Finally, the picture in the article is
>> > clearly of a beautiful Sikhote Alin. I wonder how well that will go
>> > over with the state legislators. Maybe Cabin Creek would have been a
>> > better choice. :-)
>> >
>> > Mendy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list
>> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> >> Hello Listers
>> >>
>> >> I hope it passes be cool for Kansas have a meteorite for a state rock :)
>> >>
>> >> Shawn Alan
>> >> IMCA 1633
>> >> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
>> >> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> SHAWNEE, Kan. ? A group of local middle school students are lobbying
>> >> to change state history. The students with Monticello Trails Middle
>> >> School, which is part of the De Soto School District, are headed to
>> >> Topeka to argue for an official state rock.
>> >>
>> >> Chris Sprenger, an 8th grade student at the school, is determined to
>> >> make the meteorite the official Kansas state rock.
>> >>
>> >> ?The meteorite really has a connection with Kansas that it really
>> >> doesn?t have with any of the other states in the U.S.,? Sprenger
>> >> said.
>> >>
>> >> Sprenger and more than 100 other students in the district pitched the
>> >> bill to Representative Brett Hildabrand.
>> >>
>> >> Lobbying for a state rock has challenged the students across the board.
>> >> In social studies they?ve learned how bills are passed, in science
>> >> they?ve learned about geology and rocks and in communication arts
>> >> they?ve spent hours working on their proposal essays.
>> >>
>> >> source:http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/27/middle-school-students-lobbying-kansas-lawmakers-to-declare-official-state-rock/
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