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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:40:11 -0500
To: ams@latrade.com
From: Jim Richardson <richardson@digitalexp.com>
Subject: (ams) Greenland Meteorite

>Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 02:17:08 +0000
>From: Mike DiMuzio <mdimuzio@cisnet.com>
>To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Greenland Meteorite
>
>    Reuters is reporting that the Danish Greenlan Meteorite expedition
>has ended without their finding any fragments from the fall last December.
>However, they returned with over 200 dust samples.  The scientists estimate
>that the meteoroid hit Earth's atmosphere at over 35 miles per second, 50
>percent fster that the speed of any known meteorite.  This led them to
speculate
>
>that the meteorite originated outside our solar system.
>
>    I find this pretty thin evidence, as I believe several meteor showers
>have meteor speeds estimated well in excess of 35 miles per second,
>but I could be wrong.  They plan on analyzing the age of the dust particles
>to see if they are older than the solar system.  Because of its speed, they
>speculate the meteorite disintegrated upon entry and any large pieces
>may never be found.
>
>    Of course, this is only speculation on their part, since they have yet to
>positively identify the dust as meteoritic in origin. A ststus page can be
found
>
>at     http://www.astro.ku.dk/tycho/tbe98/english/status/
>
>Mike DiMuzio    mdimuzio@cisnet.com
>
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