Hi All, There are three pics of the Canon City meteorite in my October Accretion Desk article in the Meteorite Times at:
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2008/june/Accretion_Desk.htm The pic of the 53g piece has wood scars on its crust. Cheers, Martin On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Greg Catterton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Canon City Meteorite > On the evening of Oct. 27, 1973, a meteorite hurtled through the sky in Canon > City, Colo. It landed on a garage, tearing a six-inch hole in the roof and > leaving a two-inch gash in the garage's cement floor. The meteorite, which > weighed 1.4 kg at the time of impact, was classified as a chondrite, a stony > meteorite that is the most common type to hit Earth. According to scientist > Glenn Huss, who was director of the American Meteorological Laboratory at the > time, the Canon City meteorite originated 60 million miles away, in an > asteroid belt. > > At the time, it was only the third meteorite in Colorado to be discovered > shortly after landfall. Upon impact, the meteorite broke into four large > pieces and more than 50 fragments. A 2001 report named the Canon City > meteorite as only one of 35 meteorites to hit a man-made structure in the > United States. > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
