Hola, Sounds like a decent story - until you look at the pictures. 1) That thing wasn't free-falling; look at the gouges in the picture - it was moving almost horizontally. Meteorites don't do that, at least without retaining enough velocity to make a crater (necessary mass to do so would be, apparently 10-12 tonnes if we look at Carancas).
2) Look at it. It's rusty. If it just fell, it should be either matte-black (chondrite), glossy-black (achondrite), or gunmetal-blue-grey (iron). If it had a broken side, we might see anything ranging from white to black, maybe hackly metal, but this is a non-issue; whatever it is, it's rusty, and thus is not a fresh meteorite. Sorry, maybe next time... Regards, Jason On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:07 AM, tracy latimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wonderful! Have that thing analyzed; it looks promising (as long as there > wasn't any heavy machinery operating nearby at the time). > > Tracy Latimer > >> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:36:16 +0200 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Opinion needed !! >> >> Listoids.... >> >> Holland is a small country so if something happens, meteorite related, >> people know where to find you. >> We get many reports about a possible hammer here and there and since we >> only have four meteorites in history so far we don't get that shaky >> anymore since we know it's a tough one to get our fifth spacerock. >> >> This time a man called a bit in panic, telling us he heard a loud bang >> yesterday late afternoon and found this piece stuck next to his window in >> a plastic siding. After sending us these first pictures it looks quite >> scary, eventhough I realize it probably should have plunged much deeper >> after impact but still...... >> >> Another thing....these folks live on a farm totaly isolated from traffic. >> >> Opinions welcome folks... >> Here are the pics... >> >> http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341103.jpg >> >> http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1850/8117688/19931258/322341193.jpg >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > Earn cashback on your purchases with Live Search - the search that pays you > back! > http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=earncashback > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
