[meteorite-list] Stars Fell on Alabama

[Philip R. Burns]

At 12:29 PM 6/7/2004, Anita Westlake wrote:

>Can anyone tell me what this license plate slogan refers to from Alabama:
>
>"Stars Fell on Alabama"
>
>Is it in reference to the Wetumpka impact?
>
>Anita D. Westlake

No, it's a reference to the great Leonid meteor storm of 1833.

There was an article about the effect of the 1833 Leonids in "Alabama 
Heritage Magazine" a few years back.  I don't have the exact citation at hand.


-- Philip R. "Pib" Burns
    pib at pibburns.com
    http://www.pibburns.com/