(meteorobs) Theory of large meteorite impact in Finnish Lapland is false - Ursa

[Pekka Savolainen]

just a crashed ice-layer, nothing to do with meteorites,
will forwrd Marko Pekkola´s statment asap.

best,

pekka s



David Entwistle wrote:

>Do any URSA members have anything to add to the following Newsroom
>Finland reports?
>
>Most recent report first...
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>*****
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>http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=11290
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>2.1.2006 at 11:03
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>The suspected meteorite crater in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki in
>Finnish Lapland could not have been caused by a meteorite, said Jarmo
>Moilanen, a representative of the Finnish astronomical association
>(Ursa) in a statement Saturday.
>
>*****
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>http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=11281
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>30.12.2005 at 16:10
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>A large explosion crater found in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki,
>northern Finland, may be caused by a meteorite, said Juhani Harjunharja,
>chair of the Ursa astronomical association, in a statement Friday.
>
>The crater has an estimated diameter of as much as 300 meters. Samples
>are being sent to the University of Oulu for examination. The
>possibility of the crater being caused by the remnant of a satellite has
>not been ruled out.
>
>"For my part I am strongly leaning towards the opinion that it is a
>meteorite", Mr Harjunharja said.
>
>The impact zone is approximately one kilometre from the closest settled
>area. It is estimated that the impact occurred before Christmas.
>
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