Addendum, Hi Listees,
I got this question privately. As strictly a news messenger, here is
what I think:
"It hit a well? Wow!"
Actually, the word well is probably best translated as simply a hole
(which is well, a natural well). I don't think the human constructed
variety, though the other fragment(s) on the roof seems to indicate
heavenly target practice. Probably, the 700 g specimen made a small
tunnel in the peat or wet soil of the nursury grounds "impact hole" of
the "plop in the mud" type. Seems the 700 gram piece tunneled a
(fore)arm's length into the ground - so probably the hole was made by
the rock. But this is tentative news. It could be all wet, and the
suspected meteorite probably was, too.
Best wishes and Great Health,
Doug
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OK, but don't you wish you were the 29-year old "specialist" (this is
the word used to describe him in the article), coordinator of the
Astronomical Association there? Sorry for my terrible English:
http://www.wikio.es/ciencia/astronomia?wfid=52312711
Armed with a magnet, some flashlights, sample tubes, a GPS locator, a
computer, laptop with the land's topography and celestial objects, four
members of the Astronomy Association went out without much hope to comb
the ground. "It's a version much less Hollywoodesque of Agent Mulder of
the X-Files, he laughed.
The celestial object that turned night into day last Sunday already has
a name: meteorite. "We're speaking of a meteoritethe size of a fist,
700 grams, in a well of a nursury in Colonia Berduc., in the Department
of Colon, together with another five smaller pieces of three cm that
were on the roof and in the shade" The confirmation, in a completely
informational report came with the excited voice of Mariano Andres
Peter on the other end of the phone.
Peter is the coordinator of the Entrerriana Association of Astronomy,
the entity responsible for the searching and finding of a heavenly body
that fell Sunday night in the Argentine province of Entre Rios. It has
to do with a "black burnt stone and very pulverized"., a rock with a
very fragile makeup and iron, that reveal it to be a meteorite "for its
high level of magnetism", explains Peter. As well, the Entrerriana
Astronomical Association will study the fragments in the llaboratory to
provide a final verification.
"The fragmentation of the celestial body en pieces, the enormous ground
to cover, the topography of the swamplands, estuaries, and forests over
which it fell make it a huge stroke of luck. We could've taken days,
weeks, months or years," Peter realizes.In light of this, he considers
that the find in less than 24 hours is a stroke of luck.
The description, according to this 29-year old expert, explains why the
incandescent object the size of a car that the locals saw in the sky
broke into pieces before arriving on the ground. It is a very fragile
material that could've fragmented in hundreds of pieces in different
Argentine provinces" he suggests.
A judge from the municipality already has found that these meteorites-
of some value in the National market- only can be used for
investigation and scientific dissemination. So, the helicopters, mass
media, and a group of astronomers have already bashed into the the
lives of the rural residents of Villa Dominguez, Colon, and San
Salvador, frightened by the very odd news.
Best wishes and Great Health,
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Armando Afonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:36 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall
Not for me, Doug.
I don´t need translations, since my language is latin, too.
That thing of the allien language was a joke towards the high
"intelectuality" of many of the "specialists".:-)
Armando Afonso (no L, please)
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] April 6, 2008 witnessed fall
Hi Listees,
No one mentioned this?
Apparently the meteorite that was reported and fell Sunday night in >
Argentina is already confirmed by several pieces. This earlier article
> shows the location, and here is a translation of the "foreign tongue"
for > Alfonso:
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/04/08/sociedad/s-01646156.htm
"Nearby [Entre Rios] is the locality of Berduc, where the
agricultural > engineer Gabriela Preto told of the recovery of various
pieces of black > rocks, as if burned, that when scratched expose a
metallic and silvered > interior. They can't be cut, nor scratched with
the finger. They will be > analyzed by Mariano Petter, the director of
the Enterriana Association of > Astronomy, who is investigating this in
the area."
Best wishes and Great Health,
Doug
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