[meteorite-list] NP Article, Gettysburg Times 03-1959 Washington County, CO Meteorite Proven
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:02 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV105QYx3G5aY00000122_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C346FA.771CA480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Gettysburg Times =20 City: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania =20 Date: Monday, March 30, 1959 EVIDENCE OF ODD-BALLS IN METEORITES CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) - Evidence of odd-balls among the meteorites from ou= ter space - fancy enough to be mistaken for machined iron - was reported = today by two atomic scientists. Identification of one such strange object - differing somewhat from all o= ther known meteorites - was reported to a meeting of the American Physica= l Society, convened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The report cleared up one puzzle that has plagued scientists for 40 years= . However, it left unaswered how this object, and possibly others like it= still undiscovered, took on features differing fron those of run-of-the-= mill meteorites that sometimes reach the earth. Found in 1916 Physicists David Fisher and Olivier A. Schaeffer said the object they stu= died was a chunk of iron found imbedded in the soil of Washington County,= Colorado, way back in 1916. Ever since its discovery, they said, there has been uncertainty as to whe= ther it was an iron meteorite - or just a chunk of forging discarded by s= ome craftsman of the past. For one thing, the object's overall appearance suggested it "might have b= een machined." Sure It's Meteorite The researchers - both of the U.S. Atmoic Energy Commission's Brookhaven = National Laboratory at Upton, N.Y. - said they recently solved the riddle= by applying a finding made several years ago by scientists in several co= untries. This was the discovery that all meteorites, as they hurtled through space= , acquired quantites of gaseous helium - the latter being produced by the= action of cosmic rays on the material of the meteorite. While the researchers voiced certainty that the Colorado specimen is mete= oric, they offered no immediate explanation from all other iron meteorite= s that occasionally reach the earth from outer space. Mark Note: This meteorite is known as the Washington County meteorite, Me= teorites A to Z, list the following information: Ungrouped Ataxite, Found= Washington County, Colorado, 1927, 1 stone of 5.750kg. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C346FA.771CA480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Gettysburg Times </P> <P>City: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania </P>= <P>Date: Monday, March 30, 1959</P></B> <P> </P> <P>EVIDENCE OF ODD= -BALLS IN METEORITES</P> <P> </P> <P>CAMBRIDGE, Mass (AP) - Evidence= of odd-balls among the meteorites from outer space - fancy enough to be = mistaken for machined iron - was reported today by two atomic scientists.= </P> <P>Identification of one such strange object - differing somewhat fr= om all other known meteorites - was reported to a meeting of the American= Physical Society, convened at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</P>= <P>The report cleared up one puzzle that has plagued scientists for 40 y= ears. However, it left unaswered how this object, and possibly others lik= e it still undiscovered, took on features differing fron those of run-of-= the-mill meteorites that sometimes reach the earth.</P> <P> </P> <P>= Found in 1916</P> <P> </P> <P>Physicists David Fisher and Olivier A.= Schaeffer said the object they studied was a chunk of iron found imbedde= d in the soil of Washington County, Colorado, way back in 1916.</P> <P>Ev= er since its discovery, they said, there has been uncertainty as to wheth= er it was an iron meteorite - or just a chunk of forging discarded by som= e craftsman of the past.</P> <P>For one thing, the object's overall appea= rance suggested it "might have been machined."</P> <P> </P> <P>Sure = It's Meteorite</P> <P> </P> <P>The researchers - both of the U.S. At= moic Energy Commission's Brookhaven National Laboratory at Upton, N.Y. - = said they recently solved the riddle by applying a finding made several y= ears ago by scientists in several countries.</P> <P>This was the discover= y that all meteorites, as they hurtled through space, acquired quantites = of gaseous helium - the latter being produced by the action of cosmic ray= s on the material of the meteorite.</P> <P>While the researchers voiced c= ertainty that the Colorado specimen is meteoric, they offered no immediat= e explanation from all other iron meteorites that occasionally reach the = earth from outer space.</P> <P> </P> <P>Mark Note: This meteorite is= known as the Washington County meteorite, Meteorites A to Z, list the fo= llowing information: Ungrouped Ataxite, Found Washington County, Colorado= , 1927, 1 stone of 5.750kg.</P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>= <BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive o= f meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01C346FA.771CA480-- Received on Thu 10 Jul 2003 04:46:45 PM PDT |
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