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(meteorobs) Meteorite Fall in Texas
This came from Sky & Telescope magazine.....Mark
MARCH 27, 1998
METEORITE FALL IN TEXAS
With the recent hubbub about the dangers of large asteroid impacts, events
this past week serve as a reminder about smaller pieces of cosmic debris.
On Sunday, March 22nd, just before 7 p.m. local time, a fireball was seen
blazing and then exploding over Texas. Shortly thereafter, a hunk of rock
hit the ground in the city of Monahans, located 340 km (210 miles) east of
El Paso. The fragment, first found by youths who were playing basketball
about 10 meters away, measured 22-by-10-by-5 centimeters (9-by-4-by-2
inches). A second, smaller fragment was found the next day about 240 meters
(800 feet) away from the first. The meteorites have been classified as
chondrites, or stony meteorites. More pieces are likely in the area.
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Mark Davis, MeteorObs@charlestondot net
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Coordinator, North American Meteor Network
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