Hi Folks There is a picture on the BEEB site , but too small to give any real clues. As to it being warm , how about a crow throwing it out of it's nest? :-) allthebest Colin
----- Original Message ----- From: magellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:27 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Of interest > >"I saw it fall from above roof height," Siobhan told BBC News Online. > >"It looked very unusual, with a bubbled surface and tiny indentations > >like volcanic lava. > >"It was shiny on one side and looked rusty as if it contained iron. > > Sounds wrongish! Sure wish they showed a pict! > Is there a URL to this story? > > >The stone could have come from Mars, according to expert on Earth > >impacts Dr Benny > >Peiser, of Liverpool John Moores University. > > Why do the 'experts' say these things to the press? How about "it > is more > likely to have been thrown by a boy from the other side of the > building?"Perhaps it is real, but I think not! Remember the lady > who 'found' ( the > bolide so many saw) in her garden? Not a meteorite! > Ken > Burnin' Desire > > > Rothery Melvin wrote: > > > Robert Benchley would say, "I told you so." > > > > BBC NEWS BBC Sport >> Graphics version >> Change to World > edition> >> > > > > News Front Page | World | UK | England | N Ireland | Scotland | > Wales | > > Politics | Business | > > Entertainment | Science/Nature | Technology | Health | Education | > > Talking Point > > > > Tuesday, 27 August, 2002, 12:27 GMT 13:27 UK > > > > 'Meteorite' hits girl > > > > The odds against being hit by a meteorite are billions to one - > but a > > teenager in North > > Yorkshire may have had one land on her foot. > > > > Siobhan Cowton, 14, was getting into the family car outside her > > Northallerton home at 1030 > > BST on Thursday when a stone fell on her from the sky. > > > > " This does not happen very often in Northallerton " > > > > Siobhan Cowton > > > > Noticing it was "quite hot", she showed it to her father Niel. > > > > The family now plan to have the stone analysed by scientists at > Durham> University. > > > > "I saw it fall from above roof height," Siobhan told BBC News > Online.> > > "It looked very unusual, with a bubbled surface and tiny > indentations> like volcanic lava. > > > > 'Shiny' > > > > "It was shiny on one side and looked rusty as if it contained iron. > > > > "I've seen shooting stars before - but nothing like this. This > does not > > happen very often in > > Northallerton." > > > > Mr Cowton, 45, told BBC News Online he would take the stone to be > > analysed himself. > > > > "It is not going to leave my sight because it is a very rare > find," he > > said. > > > > "It is worth a lot to Siobhan. > > > > "We will have it mounted in a glass presentation case so she can > keep it > > for the rest of her > > life. > > > > "After all it is not every day you get hit by a meteorite. > > > > "The odds of winning the Lottery are better." > > > > The stone could have come from Mars, according to expert on Earth > > impacts Dr Benny > > Peiser, of Liverpool John Moores University. > > > > "It could be billions of years old and come from the earliest > formation> of the solar system," > > he told the Daily Mail newspaper. > > > > Most meteors are between five and 60 centimetres (1.95 in and 1 > ft 11.5 > > in) long, according > > to Durham University physical geography lecturer Dr Ben Horton. > > > > "Sometimes they have shallow depressions and cavities," he said. > > > > Related to this story: > > Meteorite 'changed Earth's history' (23 Aug 02 | Science/Nature) > Rare> space rock 'a gem' > > (22 Jul 02 | Science/Nature) Fireball ignites scientific > curiosity (12 > > Oct 00 | Science/Nature) > > Meteorite records early Solar System (05 Sep 00 | > Science/Nature) Rare > > space rock in > > British lab (08 Sep 00 | Festival of science) > > > > Internet links: Durham University | Liverpool John Moores University > > The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet > sites> > > News Front Page | World | UK | England | N Ireland | Scotland | > Wales | > > Politics | Business | > > Entertainment | Science/Nature | Technology | Health | Education | > > Talking Point > > > > ^^ Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage | Feedback | © > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
