http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030221wo71.htm
Meteorite found to be 90 million years old Yomiuri Shimbun February 21, 2003 A 414-gram meteorite discovered on Feb. 4 in Hiroshima is thought to have been adrift in space for about 90 million years before striking Earth, the National Science Museum revealed. The meteorite is believed to be one of the oldest to have struck the Earth in terms of the length of time it spent in space. The meteorite, which measures 5.8 centimeters by 10.5 centimeters by 4.6 centimeters, was found on the floor of a warehouse in the city after it tore through the warehouse's steel-sheet roof. The meteorite, an aerolite made up mainly of silicate minerals and about 30 percent iron ore, burned when it plunged into the atmosphere. It was the 49th meteorite found to have struck Japan. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
