[meteorite-list] Re: Ohio Rock Not A Meteorite (Was: Tina Cochranis Disappointed)

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Aug 29 12:36:05 2005
Message-ID: <048701c5acb7$b795fd20$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

I'm not surprised if the rock isn't a meteorite, but if that assessment is
coming from someone who thinks so because it didn't make "a crater the size
of her store" (or that it would be likely for any meteorite to do that),
well... you have to wonder.

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Ohio Rock Not A Meteorite (Was: Tina Cochranis
Disappointed)


> Rock not meteorite
> centralohio.com
> August 27, 2005
>
> ZANESVILLE - The strange rock found Aug. 14 at the edge of the flower
> bed of Tina Cochran of Garden Street is not a meteorite, she reported.
>
> Cochran said the rock was finally examined by Eric Law from the
> Muskingum College Science Department, who told her it had been subjected
> to high heat, but was not a meteorite. If it was a meteorite, it would
> have created a crater the size of her store.
Received on Mon 29 Aug 2005 12:35:50 PM PDT