Graham Macleod
5/5/2016 3:09:15 AM |
Great meteorite Anne,
Another I didn't know about so thanks! |
Steve Dunklee
5/5/2016 12:09:40 AM |
looks surprisingly the same as Slovak. Arkansas meteorite/ I am thinking same parent bodie?
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Matthias B.
5/4/2016 4:15:47 AM |
Scene of event: the very heart of wonderful Brittany. Kernouve. "Ker" in Breton means "house". |
MexicoDoug
5/4/2016 3:00:20 AM |
(continued from previous) The meteorite fell at 9:45PM with the typical fanfare and was 80 kg and oriented conical projectile, digging in a meter deep. Villagers came the next day and took a sledgehammer to it aggressively, happily running off with pieces they all believed were from a projectile arriving from the Moon.
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MexicoDoug
5/4/2016 2:59:48 AM |
May meteorite fall (1869).
The American Civil war was over and great technological advances in artillery were developed in the States. A relatively unknown ex-lawyer in France just published a few stories of a new genre extrapolating beyond science. One of his earlier publications was called "From Earth to the Moon", which he situated in Maryland, USA in recognition of the ballistics work spinning off from the American house divided. The author was none other than Jules Verne, who as this the meteorite hit was himself catapulted to success and capturing the imaginations of Frenchmen across the land. A year before the fall, the novel even reached American shores and the genre of Science Fiction was thus born... (continued) |
Martin Goff
5/4/2016 2:54:26 AM |
Fantastic slice, will look great in my display cabinet! :-) |
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