[meteorite-list] Meteor Reported in Australia

From: martinh_at_isu.edu <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 16:58:17 2004
Message-ID: <504f994fe9cc.4fe9cc504f99_at_isu.edu>

Mike Farmer wondered:
"I think it would be extremely rare anyway, but with an odd shaped meteorite, and a hard one like an iron, when it slows down enough, I would think that the air can easily force it to rotate and spin."

Hi All,

I remember reading about a meteorite that fell through the trunk of a car in Japan a number of years ago. The meteorite was spinning and as it punched through the metal of the trunk lid, it was scored or somehow marked with a screw-thread pattern that was later used to hypothesize about the spin rate of the falling stone.

Anyone else remember this and know more about it?

Martin
Received on Wed 30 Jun 2004 04:57:57 PM PDT