Hello Gary, All, Fallen meteorites do not have 'craters' on them. Their flight through earth's atmosphere removes all traces of original exterior surfaces that existed when the body was still in space (or, if the body is large enough to retain some of these features on its rear side, it simply vapourizes on impact). The only instances we see of 'craters' on meteorites have occurred in large iron falls in which fragments supposedly collide with each other while falling (I personally believe that the 'impact features' seen on 'Franconia irons' are due to siliceous material boiling out of the iron explosively). That being said, the existence of 'craters' - or, as I see, simply jagged/dented edges, would point towards it being a piece of space junk or just a piece of airborne metal, though how it came to fly through a window, desk, etc, is beyond me. Regards, Jason
On 3/6/07, Gary K. Foote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Has anyone noticed the impact crater on the edge of this object? If I missed a post pointing it out I apologize. Seems obvious to me... Gary > Hi Ken, > > > In case you missed the video: > > http://www.pantagraph.com/video/2007/030507_spaceobject/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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