Mike Farmer wondered: 
"I think it would be extremely rare anyway, but with an odd shaped meteorite, and a 
hard one like an iron, when it slows down enough, I would think that the air can 
easily force it to rotate and spin."

Hi All,

I remember reading about a meteorite that fell through the trunk of a car in Japan a 
number of years ago. The meteorite was spinning and as it punched through the metal of 
the trunk lid, it was scored or somehow marked with a screw-thread pattern that was 
later used to hypothesize about the spin rate of the falling stone.

Anyone else remember this and know more about it? 

Martin








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