>From the first sentence of the article: "Jan Marszel looked up in amazement as he saw a small, dark round object hurtle towards him"...
I doubt that they would've seen it coming directly at them before it hit, because it is small and travelling at 200mph (or more). It might be a meteorite, but it don't think it arrived as they suggest. Bob Loeffler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Blood Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:26 AM To: Tom Randall (KB2SMS); Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Sussex man hit by meteorite" Hi Tom & all, Unfortunately, there are four factors strongly working Against the likelihood of this actually being a meteorite: 1) In the photo the specimen appears to have rust marks - not A possibility for a fresh fall. 2) There appeared to be no matrix vs fusion crusted outer portion 3) It seems most unlikely a meteorite would split in two after hitting A lawn covered field 4) I hear it is extremely common for every manor of thing to be thrown at soccer matches. I would love to be wrong. Michael On 7/24/10 6:58 AM, "Tom Randall (KB2SMS)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://bit.ly/aPCqpe > > > > --- > http://home.roadrunner.com/~kb2sms/ > Twitter: Tommytimbertoes > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3011 - Release Date: 07/24/10 00:36:00 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
