(meteorobs) meteorite fall or space garbage?

[Jim Pettit]

All--

Here's a link to another English-language article on the Peruvian
'meteorite': http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20875080/

The video is nothing you probably haven't seen already. I find it funny that
even journalists are falling into the trap of saying things such as "Experts
confirm meteorite crash" or "...investigators found a meteorite"; how do
they determine who's an 'investigator' or an 'expert'? Are they talking
about trained and knowledgeable scientists who've made empirical studies of
the supposed impact site, or do they simply apply that moniker to any poor
and superstitious farmer who, while trampling the crater, happens to pick up
a few bits of shattered stone or concrete?

(Here's an earlier story [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20838944/] which
speaks again of "boiling water...coming out of the crater", water which
magically makes people sick when its very vapors are breathed.)

At any rate, if this *were* a meteorite, how big would it have to have been,
and/or how fast would it have to have been going, to create a crater 20
meters wide by 5 meters deep, or roughly 525 cubic meters in volume?

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Rosely
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:37 PM
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) meteorite fall or space garbage?

Greetings!
Gentlemen Gorelli and Ashcraft, I am you very thankful for your
information. 
That case of a supposed meteorite impact in lands of Peru left me very
curious.
Celestial hugs and good skies!
R.Gregio
rgregio at uol.com.br
http://www.reabrasil.org/lunar


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