Indeed, it will be interesting to see where the meteorite ends up being found at, a perfect chance for scientists to measure the distance an object with exact known weight is thrown. Terrible news though, it seems that the town no longer exists. Michael Farmer --- M come Meteorite Meteorites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> for a Tornado 1000 lb its a grain of sand > > Matteo > > ----- Original Message ----- > Da : Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A : "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Tornado snatches 1,000 > pound > pallasite meteorite > Data : Sat, 05 May 2007 23:54:10 -0500 > > > http://www.kbsd6.com/Global/story.asp?S=6475057 > > > > Tornado snatches 1,000 pound pallasite meteorite > > > > GREENSBURG, Kan. The tornado that razed the Kansas > town of > > Greensburg also snatched one of its most valuable > > treasures. The thousand-pound Brenham pallasite > meteorite > > is gone. Greensburg has drawn world-class > meteorite > > hunters for decades to this remote Kansas hamlet. > Trooper > > Ronald Knoefel says even the town's own extensive > > meteorite collection is gone. > > > > And the town's other claim to fame -- the world's > largest > > hand dug well -- is buried under a mountain of > debris. > > > > The nearby gift shop for the attraction had housed > the > > famous meteorite. > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
