LOL I need that laugh! ----------- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get!
---------------------------------------- > From: cyna...@charter.net > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:26:04 -0500 > Subject: [meteorite-list] Another lying kid gets clueless paper to publish > his story > > Caution-- this story contains such a dense concentration of misinformation > that > there is the risk of it tearing a hole in reality and suck you into your > monitor. > > Photo in the link. > > http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/22/meteorite-rocks-bruno-s-world-97319-24745554/ > > > 'Meteorite' rocks Bruno's world > > Sep 22 2009 by Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham > > STARGAZING student Bruno Bertullo had a wish come true when what he believes > to > be a meteorite landed in his grandmother’s back garden. > > The Spanish 16-year-old was playing on the computer in his bedroom when out of > the corner of his eye he saw a fireball whizz past the window. > > He ran down to the garden in Blackford Road, Sparkhill, where he discovered an > unusual looking rock. > > It was the size of his hand and covered in holes. > > “I tried to touch it but it was very hot so I ran back into the kitchen to > fetch > the tongs,” said Bruno. > > “I put it in some cold water and straight away the water went hot. > > “It’s very strange. I have never seen anything like it in my life and it > wasn’t > in the garden before.” The keen astronomer studied the rock and looked up its > structure on the internet. > > “I think it’s a meteorite,” he said. “I know from listening to spacemen that > meteorites look broken and their surface is full of pores – just like this > one.” > > Bruno, who moved from Madrid to his grandmother’s house to practise his > English, > is a sports student at Solihull College. > > He said he was “really excited” to find the moon rock. > > “I’m very interested in astronomy. I never thought I should be so lucky as to > find a meteorite,” he said. > > Meteorologist John Wright from the University of Birmingham said it was “very > likely” that the rock fell from outer space. > > “The earth’s orbit has been passing through a cloud of meteorites in the last > few weeks so I’m not surprised,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of people > witnessing > shooting stars. If it is a meteorite it will be very dark and heavy.” > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ New: Messenger sign-in on the MSN homepage http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677403 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
