(meteorobs) "Ancient record of asteroid impact"

[Marco Langbroek]

Steven Kolins schreef:
> This is interesting
> 
> http://news.skymania.com/2008/03/ancient-record-of-asteroid-impact.html
> 
> "Ancient record of asteroid impact
> UK space scientists have discovered what they claim is an account of a  
> devastating asteroid impact in Europe five thousand years ago. The  
> disaster is chronicled on a mysterious clay tablet that has been  
> stored in the British Museum since geologists found it in the 19th  
> century."

I call "bull" on this. It is impossible to pinpoint an impact point from a 
record like this. Even with modern CCD astrometry of NEA sky positions covering 
a considerable arc the accuracy is not enough for that. So a clay tablet would 
do? Come on!

I think this was an early April Fools joke to expose how gullible people have 
become when it comes to "evidence" for a (pre-) historic impact.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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