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Ancient meteorite found in Arava Israel 21c August 25, 2003 A meteorite whose age is estimated at millions of years was discovered near Timna in the Arava, Maa'ariv reported. The space rock was checked by laboratories at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). The laboratory's report said that the tiny stone landed in Israel only " several decades or several hundred years ago." The stone, whose outside is black and scorched and is mingled with brown and light gray, weighs 40 grams and is the size of two walnuts. It was found by members of the Pirhei Mada educational project, which the Jordan Valley Academic College administers to schools on the periphery. An "astronomical vehicle" is part of the project, fitted with various devices such as a telescope, astronomical maps, and a model of a satellite-carrying missile. A member of the vehicle's team, Gabriel Shaked, who was one of the people who discovered the stone, said yesterday that the test showed that it was a fragment of Asteroid HAVH-6, a rocky heavenly object that departed from its orbit between the sun and Jupiter, and broke up. The original asteroid approaches the earth once every three years. The Israeli team is now waiting for approval for its request to the international organization that deals with meteorite and asteroid investigation, which is connected with NASA, to name the space rock Timna so it will appear in the catalogue. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
