(meteorobs) Fwd: meteorite

Ed Majden epmajden at shaw.ca
Sat Mar 24 11:25:49 EDT 2007



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jeremy Tatum
> Date: March 21, 2007 1:16:22 PM PDT
> To: epmajden at shaw.ca
> Subject: meteorite
>
> Massive Meteorite Found Near Stockton
>
> (CBS) STOCKTON An amazing discovery was made by scientists who think
> they found a meteorite the size of a small town!
>
> They were looking for oil but instead found space dust and a possible
> mammoth meteorite. The possible meteorite is buried deep in the ground
> about ten miles west of Stockton in an area called Victoria Island.
>
> Scientist believe the meteorite is buried. nearly a mile underground on
> some farmland.
>
> 3-D images show that the circular crater created by the rock is
> estimated to have been about 3 miles wide. The meteorite is also
> believed to have fallen to earth over 50 million years ago.
>
> The impact would have been as powerful as 100-thousand atomic bomb
> blasts and would have been seen and heard for hundreds of miles.
>
> Scientists will be back at the site to try to collect more samples and
> someday possibly get a piece of the meteorite itself.
>


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