[meteorite-list] Meteorite 'News'

[ken newton]

http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/378/14754_asteroid.html

"As a rule, meteorites do not fall down on inhabited localities. They 
prefer to hit seas, lakes, fields and even the Antarctic....."

"One of the pieces flew into a kitchen window and burnt a plastic 
container there."

"A recent research showed that the number of meteorite collectors 
considerably increased owing to the Internet. It is noteworthy that the 
black market of meteorites has been very active in 2004. Meteorite 
trafficking and robbery has become much more frequent; the prices on 
space rocks started growing too."

"Experts do not know why incidents with meteorites have become so 
frequent nowadays. One of the versions says that someone in deep black 
space deliberately bombards the Earth with meteorites. "

An example of where the public gets their misconceptions.....

best,
Ken Newton
#9632