First a congratulations to the Texas contingent on a rapid reaction and timely
track down of their fall and for providing inspiration!
My first awareness of the fireball came from a source in Florence/Erlangen
Kentucky and was a good solid observation. As you recall the world was abuzz
with
Hi List
I found something and thought you people might like
it.
Its downloads and in pdf, but pretty good
reading.
If my memory is correct, Meteorite List member, Brad Sampson is located in
Lexington, KY. I've never talked to anyone that has met Brad in person,
but many of us have had dealings with him.
Best,
John
At 02:34 PM 9/20/03 -0700, Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
Hello List, Looks like things might
Hi, list:
Sorry to get into this late, but better late than never!
I visited the Middlesboro area for the second time a couple of months ago, and
recommend going to see it. Driving into town on the main road from the Interstate,
it's clear that the geology is different from the surrounding
Lots of limestone from a geology standpoint...also my good friend
John Curchin gave me a wonderful shattercone that came from
Kentucky. I forget what the name of the impact structure that is
there Middlesburg or Middlesboro maybe?
Yes, it's Middlesboro - it has a diameter of about 6 km with
Bernd,
Thanx Bernd...I should have looked first. According to the attached site
there are 3 impact locations in Kentucky.
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/education/meteorites.html
John
Lots of limestone from a geology standpoint...also my good friend
John Curchin gave me a wonderful shattercone
If you search for Lexington, U.S.A., you will find a whole list of
places to be able to live in, but if you go for Lexington, Kentucky,
you will find that at N 38.0 and W 84.5 degrees, quite close to a
famous meteorite fall, which is Bath Furnace (L6, fell on Nov 15,
1902, with 86 kg preserved, on
Actually, the main mass of Bath Furnace is in the Chicago Field
Museum, weighing a whopping 82.5 kg. About 1 kg is in London,
and the rest is distributed somewhere in other collections
with 537 g in Jim Schwade´s one, according to MetBase V6.0.
Anyone interested in old documents? Well, here we
Of the 25 Kentucky Meteorites listed in the Catalogue
of Meteorites, I now own 18. If anyone has the
following Ky Meteorites for sale, please contact me off list.
Campbellsville
Casey Count
Glasgow
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