Once again a "Hot" meteorite. What a bunch of Bull. Why waste time on these
things?
Most kids are liars and this one simply takes the cake. Id like to meet this
science teacher and educate him. More likely a "Hot" briquet from his
drunkien neighbors backyard grill.
Wish I had a real meteorite for every WRONG reported seen falling from the
sky and found still hot. I would have the ultimate collection as it seems
like every wannabe meteorite finder always finds them hot.
Mark M.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Kids say the darndest things
Ooops, cussin' in the subject.
Anyway, a pair of creative liars and a clueless science teacher.
http://www.ocala.com/article/20071118/NEWS/211180344/1368/googlesitemapnews
Fourth-grader finds meteorite in yard
BY KAREN VOYLES
THE GAINESVILLE SUN
CEDAR KEY - A fourth-grader got a personal, hands-on lesson in meteorites
earlier this week.
Jeremiah Barnes, 10, was the featured speaker in science classes at Cedar
Key
School Friday, where he explained how he saw the meteorite fall into his
yard at
the beginning of the week.
After seeing an object streak into the yard, Jeremiah told high school
classes
he initially thought one of his cousins had thrown something over the
fence.
After running over to the object and touching it, Jeremiah said he knew it
was
something extraordinary.
"It burned my finger so I ran in the house and got my sister," Jeremiah
said.
After seeing a blister rise on her brother's index finger, Angel Neese, a
14-year-old ninth-grader, doused the object with water from the garden
house.
Brother and sister watched in fascination as the water being poured into
the
shoebox-sized hole made by the object instantly began boiling.
"It kind of looked like lava from a volcano, but then I remembered what we
learned in [eighth-grade] science class. And I kind of thought it would be
a
meteorite," Angel said. After the object cooled, Angel pointed out the
metals in
it to her little brother and explained what she remembered about objects
superheating when they entered the Earth's atmosphere.
Jeremiah presented the molten lump to high school science teacher Richard
Whitman, who confirmed it was a meteorite and called the astronomy
department at
the University of Florida to try to figure out the odds of a fourth-grader
in
the state's smallest public school actually seeing a meteorite hit the
ground.
"Not a real likely event," Whitman said. "For anyone."
Jeremiah said he plans to keep the meteorite and is cautious about who
gets to
handle his new treasure. After telling his story to the high school
science
students, Jeremiah answered questions, then walked from desk to desk
allowing
the teenagers to look and touch, but being careful to make sure it
remained over
a desk to reduce the risk of an accidental drop.
"I want to make sure I have it always, and it doesn't ever get broken,"
Jeremiah
said.
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