Bjørn Sørheim wrote:
At 08:25 30.09.03 -0700, you wrote:
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1423490,00.html
Sweden's big find
news24.com
September 30, 2003
Sweden - Swedish researchers said on Tuesday that they've dug up the biggest
meteorite ever found in the country.
It took two days to unearth the 158kg meteorite, one of only nine found in
the Scandinavian country of 9 million in the last 100 years.
This is not correct. The correct figures are:
There are 15 different falls represented in Sweden. 9 (nine) of them
are observed falls, which give 6 finds.
'Muonionalusta' in Norbotten is a find, probably fell during the Ice Ages,
about 800 000 years old on this planet.
Btw, it is also the biggest when compared to Norway, where the largest
is the 78 kg 'Finmarken' (or rather 'Alta') pallasite.
I don't have an overview of Denmark, in Finland 'Bjurbøle' is bigger, about
350 kg, I know.
Regards,
Bjørn Sørheim
In fact there are 16 from Sweden before this, 4 of them are pieces of Muonionalusta,
+ this big one is the 5:th + 2 fossile meteorites listed. 9 are falls, as you say. Anyway,
in last 100 years just 9 has been found, others are older ones.
http://www.nrm.se/mi/swemet.html.en
The total weight recovered of Bjurbole was aprox 328 kg:s, the biggest fragment 80.2
kg:s.
http://www.netppl.fi/~jarmom/geo/met/mbjurb_e.htm
take care,
pekka s
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