Not to mention they are highly desert varnished, something never seen in a wet place, and different types. Whoever pulled this scam is pretty foolish. Michael Farmer
Michael Farmer > On Oct 15, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like something that was found sitting in a Moroccan sale bin for the > last 20 years. > They look a lot older than 20 years to me. > > Paul G > > > -----Original Message----- From: MEM via Meteorite-list > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 4:53 PM > To: Meteorite Mailing List > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: [Geology2] Meteorite fragments discovered > 20years after bolide event in Czech Republic > > > <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141014142736.htm> > > Meteorite fragments discovered 20 years after bolide event in Czech Republic > Date: October 14, 2014 > Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics > Summary: Scientists have discovered meteorite fragments 20 years after the > corresponding bolide > was seen in the skies of the Czech Republic. This discovery was made possible > by reanalyzing the trajectory, which moved the impact line by 330 meters. > Interestingly, the meteorites found on the ground are of > different types, pointing to a parent asteroid of heterogeneous composition. > > > > ________________________________ > > > First three Benešov meteorites found in April 2011, with metal detectors. > From left to > right: H5 chondrite of 1.56 g, LL3.5 chondrite of 7.72 g with achondrite > clast, and LL3.5 chondrite of 1.99 g [2]. > Credit: Image courtesy of Astronomy & Astrophysics > > > Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the spectacular discovery of meteorite > fragments 20 years after the corresponding bolide was seen in the skies of > the Czech > Republic. This discovery was made possible by reanalyzing the > trajectory, which moved the impact line by 330 meters. Interestingly, > the meteorites found on the ground are of different types, pointing to a > parent asteroid of heterogeneous composition. > Collisions of meter-sized meteoroids with Earth's atmosphere are > relatively rare, occurring about 40 times a year. They cause very > spectacular events, known as superbolides. One of the best known such > events, the Benešov bolide, occurred on 7 May 1991 at 23h 03m 46s UT > over the Czech Republic. It was recorded during systematic photographic > observations by the European Fireball Network and certainly ended in a > multiple meteorite fall, but no meteorite was found in the weeks and > years after the fall, despite many attempts. > In February 2011, nearly 20 years after the event, P. Spurný and his > colleagues [1] measured the records again and analyzed the data with > improved methods. This led to a new picture of the whole event with a > revised atmospheric trajectory and a new impact location. This allowed > the team to recover the Benešov meteorites, 20 years after the fall, > exactly in the newly predicted area. It is the first time a meteorite is > found so long after the bolide observation. > The team found four small, highly-weathered meteorites with a total > mass of 12 g. The probability that these four fragments come from > different meteoroids and were found by chance at the same place is > estimated to be 1 in 100,000 or less. Even more interestingly, these > four meteorites are of three different mineralogical types. This means > that the Benešov meteoroid was heterogeneous and contained at least > three different types of material. After the Almahata Sitta fall, this > is the second time that such a heterogeneous composition has been found. It > raises the possibility that a significant fraction of all asteroids > are heterogeneous and that they were strongly reprocessed by collisions > with other asteroids in the main belt. > ________________________________ > > Story Source: > The above story is based on materials provided by Astronomy & Astrophysics. > Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. > ________________________________ > > Journal Reference: > 1. Pavel Spurný, Jakub Haloda, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený, Patricie > Halodová. Reanalysis of the Benešov bolide and recovery of polymict breccia > meteorites – old mystery solved after 20 years. Astronomy & Astrophysics, > 2014; 570: A39 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424308 > ________________________________ > > > Astronomy & Astrophysics. "Meteorite fragments discovered 20 years after > bolide event in Czech Republic." ScienceDaily. 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