[meteorite-list] Bavarian find is not meteorite

From: marco.langbroek_at_wanadoo.nl <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:25 2004
Message-ID: <1018424883.3cb3ee334dbb0_at_www2.wanadoo.nl>

Hi Ron, others,

The object reported in the below news item was NOT a meteorite connected to the
Bavarian fireball of 6-7 april. It is not a meteorite at all. Dieter Heinlein
has inspected it. It is a piece of bitumen. Indeed, that is what it looks like
to me too from a good photograph I've seen.
The fireball though, is of meteoric character and not a satellite decay, that
is now clear.

- Marco Langbroek (Dutch Meteor Society)

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From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> 
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com (Meteorite Mailing List) 
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 08:59:59 -0700 (PDT) 
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Discovery Solves German UFO Sightings 
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_562926.html 
Meteorite discovery solves German UFO sightings 
Ananova 
April 9, 2002 
A mystery over widespread reports of lights in the sky over southern 
Germany has been solved by the discovery of a meteorite. 
A Bavarian farmer's wife found a 3ft wide crater in her vegetable patch 
with the meteorite lodged at the bottom. 
Munich Institute for Geology experts estimate the meteorite weighed 
over 100 kilos before hitting the atmosphere at speeds of almost 
125,000 mph. 
The rock is bigger than a tennis ball but can still be held in one hand. 
It is now at the institute of geology, where officials said it is worth a lot 
more than the damage caused to the vegetable patch. 

Received on Wed 10 Apr 2002 03:48:03 AM PDT