(meteorobs) Fwd: Large meteor strikes Cambodia

[Ed Majden]

on 1/26/05 11:05, Ed Cannon at ecannon at mail.utexas.edu wrote:

> The following came to me via our local astronomy club mailing list.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message  -----
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:08:04 -0600
> 
> CNN: "Meteorite hits Cambodia, sparks fires"
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/26/cambodia.meteorite.reut/index.html
> 
> Here's another article:
> http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1652621,00.html
> 
> Still trying to find pictures of the thing.  Not a whole lot of web coverage
> out
> there for Cambodia.
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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    Sounds like a lot of unverified bunk to me.  A 10 pound meteorite will
NOT start a fire!   That is, unless it hits a LNG storage tank! ;-)

Ed Majden
Courtenay, B.C.