it is sad that the media runs with this crap these days, a real meteorite fall hardly raises an eyebrow. Battle Mountain was completely ignored by the media despite our best efforts. I guess kids and scratches are much more interesting.
Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Nov 28, 2013, at 8:44 AM, "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybea...@comcast.net> wrote: > hi, Ron... > > just FYI, I have had a couple of email exchanges with the "researchers" at > Florida Atlantic University who examined the fragments; it's actually the guy > who runs the school's observatory. all he concluded was that the fragments > were > slightly magnetic. I've seen no indication that the family is having the > fragments tested further (though I haven't tried to contact them). > > further, the FAU guy estimates that the fragments total about 1 gram. with the > total mass was so low, there's no way those fragments - even intact - could > have caused such a gash. one thing that I took away from the KPEC video was > that the boy suffered a (linear) cut, with no surrounding bruising. > inconsistent with being conked by a single small rock. > > also, the presumption is that the rock fragmented when it hit his skull - but > there are no signs of fresh rock surfaces. according to my FAU source, they > weren't simply bits of rusted iron. some appear to have small bright > nonmetallic inclusions in a dark, reddish interior. > > *maybe* there's a larger fragment lying around somewhere in the yard. but I > doubt it. more likely little Stevie bonked his head on something and didn't > 'fess up to Dad. > > > clear skies, > Kelly > > **************** > J. Kelly Beatty > Senior Contributing Editor > SKY & TELESCOPE > 617-416-9991 > SkyandTelescope.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list