[meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

[Pekka Savolainen]

Think there´s nothing wrong with this;

http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1197635/jattemeteorit-hittad-i-tornedalen

or perhaps just wrong side of the border of  Sweden and Finland ...

best,

pekka s


Michael Farmer kirjoitti:

> I know Thomas Osterberg, we hunted with them and their family last year in Muonionalusta. His daughter found a ~400 kilo piece last year, so it looks like they found the new main-mass this year. 

> Congrats to them, I will miss the white nights this year, I am not going ot Sweden, as I have other plans for this summer that involve the southern hemisphere, not the Arctic.

> As the for the UK object, sounds pretty lame to me. 

> Michael Farmer

>

>

> --- On Sat, 6/14/08, Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de> wrote:

>

>   

>> From: Dr. Svend Buhl <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>

>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a probable 'wrong in the news

>> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

>> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:56 AM

>> as for the find near Kitkiojarvi, why is that supposed to be

>> a "wrong" or 

>> "probable wrong"? The find location in mind this

>> sounds rather like a big 

>> Muonionalusta to me. If so, my sincere congratulations to

>> Thomas Osterberg!

>>

>> Svend

>>

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>> From: "Darren Garrison"

>> <cynapse at charter.net>

>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

>> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 4:29 PM

>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A possible 'wrong and a

>> probable 'wrong in the 

>> news

>>

>>

>> http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/13/Giant_meteorite_found_in_Sweden/UPI-38431213396355/

>>

>> STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 13 (UPI) -- A massive meteorite

>> weighing a 

>> staggering

>> 2,607 pounds has been found near the northern Swedish

>> village of 

>> Kitkiojarvi,

>> officials say.

>>

>> Thomas Osterberg, one of the two people who found it, said

>> it was the 

>> biggest

>> meteorite ever found in Sweden, the Swedish news agency TT

>> reported.

>>

>> He said it was egg-shaped, about one meter high with a

>> diameter of about 70

>> centimeters at its broadest.

>>

>> The finders say they hope to sell the whopper to the

>> Swedish Museum of 

>> Natural

>> History.

>>

>> "It must stay in Sweden," Osterberg said.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/latestnews/3163460.Man_claims_a_meteorite_left_a_hole_in_his_garden/

>>

>>  A WINSFORD man had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday night in

>> the form of a 

>> small

>> meteorite.

>>

>> Graham Brooks, 37, a heavy goods vehicle fitter, lives at

>> his mother 

>> Christine's

>> house at Railway Cottages in Rilshaw Lane.

>>

>> He was sitting at home looking at wedding magazines with

>> his partner Karen 

>> at

>> around 10.30pm when he heard a loud bang outside.

>>

>> When the couple went to see what had happened, they found a

>> pile of stones 

>> and

>> soil up against their caravan in the back garden and a

>> small golf-ball sized

>> hole in the ground leaving bits of silver fragments around

>> it.

>>

>> Graham said: "It felt like a gas cylinder exploded or

>> something and there 

>> was a

>> very loud bang."

>>

>> The incident was believed to have been caused by a small

>> meteorite hitting 

>> the

>> ground that caused soil and stones to make dents in the

>> caravan.

>>

>> Graham added: "I've never seen or heard anything

>> like it before.

>>

>> "If it had been three feet closer then it would have

>> come through the 

>> skylight

>> in the roof and hit us.

>>

>> "It was as loud as a gunshot and the neighbours were

>> gobsmacked.

>>

>> "I was very shocked by the incident and we're

>> supposed to be getting married 

>> in

>> September as well."

>>

>> Graham spoke to Terry O' Brian, who works for

>> Manchester Museum, who asked

>> Graham to post the bits to him for analysis but believes it

>> might have been 

>> a

>> meteorite from Graham's description.

>>

>> It is estimated to have caused around £1,000 worth of

>> damage to the caravan.

>>

>> Graham and his partner Karen are currently speaking with

>> their insurance 

>> company

>> to see if they are covered.

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