[meteorite-list] HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIENA METEORITE

From: Matteo Chinellato <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:12 2004
Message-ID: <20010616045019.44490.qmail_at_web10302.mail.yahoo.com>

<B><CENTER>" On the sixteehth of June, sometime after
seven in the evening, towards sunset, a cloud was seen
passing from the east to the west of San Quirico at a
distance of three or four miles, directly above
Lucignan D'Asso and Cosona. It's main characteristics
were: (1) the emission of sparks and missiles, (2)
smoke, (3) extraordinary explosions, (4) red-hot rocks
thrown to the earth. "</B></CENTER>
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The above description is taken from a dissertation
entitled: On a rock-shower fallen in the evening of
June 16, 1794 by the abbot Ambrogio Soldani
(1736-1808), and is an account of the bolide fall
south-east of Siena on June 16, 1794, over an area of
approximately 47 sq km.....It was Soldani who in 1794
first suggested that the rocks originated in space,
but this theory proved too radical for the attitudes
of the time, and was opposed by the majority of
scientists......
Siena is a nice chondrite LL5 brecciated and the total
mass is only 3674.3 grams. A small point of interest:
the Siena meteorites were the first to the exhibited
in the British Museum, along with three other
meteorites from Wold Cottage, Benares and L'Aigle.
For see the complete history of the Siena meteorite go
to the METEORITE! Magazine August 2000.
Regards

Matteo


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