Re: [meteorite-list] Deaths by impact

2011-11-22 Thread Philip R. Burns
At 01:33 PM 11/22/2011, E.P. Grondine wrote: I am interested in the report of an impact killing a Roman legion. That's one I have not heard mention of. I'm not aware of report of a meteorite killing an entire legion. There is the story that Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo along with many of his soldier

[meteorite-list] Deaths by impact

2011-11-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Anne - Just send them my way, and I'll be pleased to speak to them for several hours. The Big asteroidal hits that are known of have been Canyon Diablo (46,000 BCE), Campo de Cielo (2,235 BCE if memory serves), one in Siberia 26,000 BCE and one in Alaska ca 34,000 BCE. It is currently unkno

[meteorite-list] Deaths by impact

2011-11-22 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hello everyone - I am not going to re-write the catalogue of massive deaths by impact here again for your amusement. If you're interested in a single small piece hitting an individual, that has been coverd by others, and I'm not that interested in it. I am interested in the report of an impac