Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall-clarification
Addendum, Hi Listees, I got this question privately. As strictly a news messenger, here is what I think: It hit a well? Wow! Actually, the word well is probably best translated as simply a hole (which is well, a natural well). I don't think the human constructed variety, though the other fragment(s) on the roof seems to indicate heavenly target practice. Probably, the 700 g specimen made a small tunnel in the peat or wet soil of the nursury grounds impact hole of the plop in the mud type. Seems the 700 gram piece tunneled a (fore)arm's length into the ground - so probably the hole was made by the rock. But this is tentative news. It could be all wet, and the suspected meteorite probably was, too. Best wishes and Great Health, Doug == OK, but don't you wish you were the 29-year old specialist (this is the word used to describe him in the article), coordinator of the Astronomical Association there? Sorry for my terrible English: http://www.wikio.es/ciencia/astronomia?wfid=52312711 Armed with a magnet, some flashlights, sample tubes, a GPS locator, a computer, laptop with the land's topography and celestial objects, four members of the Astronomy Association went out without much hope to comb the ground. It's a version much less Hollywoodesque of Agent Mulder of the X-Files, he laughed. The celestial object that turned night into day last Sunday already has a name: meteorite. We're speaking of a meteoritethe size of a fist, 700 grams, in a well of a nursury in Colonia Berduc., in the Department of Colon, together with another five smaller pieces of three cm that were on the roof and in the shade The confirmation, in a completely informational report came with the excited voice of Mariano Andres Peter on the other end of the phone. Peter is the coordinator of the Entrerriana Association of Astronomy, the entity responsible for the searching and finding of a heavenly body that fell Sunday night in the Argentine province of Entre Rios. It has to do with a black burnt stone and very pulverized., a rock with a very fragile makeup and iron, that reveal it to be a meteorite for its high level of magnetism, explains Peter. As well, the Entrerriana Astronomical Association will study the fragments in the llaboratory to provide a final verification. The fragmentation of the celestial body en pieces, the enormous ground to cover, the topography of the swamplands, estuaries, and forests over which it fell make it a huge stroke of luck. We could've taken days, weeks, months or years, Peter realizes.In light of this, he considers that the find in less than 24 hours is a stroke of luck. The description, according to this 29-year old expert, explains why the incandescent object the size of a car that the locals saw in the sky broke into pieces before arriving on the ground. It is a very fragile material that could've fragmented in hundreds of pieces in different Argentine provinces he suggests. A judge from the municipality already has found that these meteorites- of some value in the National market- only can be used for investigation and scientific dissemination. So, the helicopters, mass media, and a group of astronomers have already bashed into the the lives of the rural residents of Villa Dominguez, Colon, and San Salvador, frightened by the very odd news. Best wishes and Great Health, Doug -Original Message- From: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:36 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall Not for me, Doug. I don´t need translations, since my language is latin, too. That thing of the allien language was a joke towards the high intelectuality of many of the specialists.:-) Armando Afonso (no L, please) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:07 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall Hi Listees, No one mentioned this? Apparently the meteorite that was reported and fell Sunday night in Argentina is already confirmed by several pieces. This earlier article shows the location, and here is a translation of the foreign tongue for Alfonso: http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/04/08/sociedad/s-01646156.htm Nearby [Entre Rios] is the locality of Berduc, where the agricultural engineer Gabriela Preto told of the recovery of various pieces of black rocks, as if burned, that when scratched expose a metallic and silvered interior. They can't be cut, nor scratched with the finger. They will be analyzed by Mariano Petter, the director of the Enterriana Association of Astronomy, who is investigating this in the area. Best wishes and Great Health, Doug __
Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall-clarification
It did not hit a well, it was found in a hole. Just wrong translation Eduardo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:42:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall-clarification Addendum, Hi Listees, I got this question privately. As strictly a news messenger, here is what I think: It hit a well? Wow! Actually, the word well is probably best translated as simply a hole (which is well, a natural well). I don't think the human constructed variety, though the other fragment(s) on the roof seems to indicate heavenly target practice. Probably, the 700 g specimen made a small tunnel in the peat or wet soil of the nursury grounds impact hole of the plop in the mud type. Seems the 700 gram piece tunneled a (fore)arm's length into the ground - so probably the hole was made by the rock. But this is tentative news. It could be all wet, and the suspected meteorite probably was, too. Best wishes and Great Health, Doug == OK, but don't you wish you were the 29-year old specialist (this is the word used to describe him in the article), coordinator of the Astronomical Association there? Sorry for my terrible English:  http://www.wikio.es/ciencia/astronomia?wfid=52312711  Armed with a magnet, some flashlights, sample tubes, a GPS locator, a computer, laptop with the land's topography and celestial objects, four members of the Astronomy Association went out without much hope to comb the ground. It's a version much less Hollywoodesque of Agent Mulder of the X-Files, he laughed.  The celestial object that turned night into day last Sunday already has a name: meteorite. We're speaking of a meteoritethe size of a fist, 700 grams, in a well of a nursury in Colonia Berduc., in the Department of Colon, together with another five smaller pieces of three cm that were on the roof and in the shade The confirmation, in a completely informational report came with the excited voice of Mariano Andres Peter on the other end of the phone.  Peter is the coordinator of the Entrerriana Association of Astronomy, the entity responsible for the searching and finding of a heavenly body that fell Sunday night in the Argentine province of Entre Rios. It has to do with a black burnt stone and very pulverized., a rock with a very fragile makeup and iron, that reveal it to be a meteorite for its high level of magnetism, explains Peter. As well, the Entrerriana Astronomical Association will study the fragments in the llaboratory to provide a final verification.  The fragmentation of the celestial body en pieces, the enormous ground to cover, the topography of the swamplands, estuaries, and forests over which it fell make it a huge stroke of luck. We could've taken days, weeks, months or years, Peter realizes.In light of this, he considers that the find in less than 24 hours is a stroke of luck.  The description, according to this 29-year old expert, explains why the incandescent object the size of a car that the locals saw in the sky broke into pieces before arriving on the ground. It is a very fragile material that could've fragmented in hundreds of pieces in different Argentine provinces he suggests.  A judge from the municipality already has found that these meteorites- of some value in the National market- only can be used for investigation and scientific dissemination. So, the helicopters, mass media, and a group of astronomers have already bashed into the the lives of the rural residents of Villa Dominguez, Colon, and San Salvador, frightened by the very odd news.  Best wishes and Great Health, Doug         -Original Message- From: Armando Afonso [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:36 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall  Not for me, Doug.  I don´t need translations, since my language is latin, too.  That thing of the allien language was a joke towards the high intelectuality of many of the specialists.:-)  Armando Afonso (no L, please)    - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com  Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:07 PM  Subject: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall    Hi Listees,    No one mentioned this?    Apparently the meteorite that was reported and fell Sunday night in Argentina is already confirmed by several pieces. This earlier article shows the location, and here is a translation of the foreign tongue for Alfonso:    http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/04/08/sociedad/s-01646156.htm    Nearby [Entre Rios] is the locality of Berduc, where the agricultural engineer Gabriela
