[meteorite-list] NPA 05-22-1970 (Lost City) Meteorite Returns For Oklahoma Tours, Exhibitions

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Daily Tribune
City: Great Bend, Kansas
Date: Friday, May 22, 1970
Page: 3

Meteorites Returns For Oklahoma Tours, Exhibitions

      WASHINGTON (AP) - The meteorite that made Lost City, Okla., famous in 
January will return to Oklahoma this summer and autumn for a series of 
exhibits, the head of the Smithsonian Institution said Tuesday.
     Roy Clark also confirmed that a fourth fragment had been found on a 
farm near the tiny Delaware County community, and that the institution has 
arranged to examine it.
     He said one of the fragments and information scientists have gleaned 
from it will be sent within the next two weeks to Oklahoma Science and Arts 
Foundation in Oklahoma City. No date has been set for the display.
     The meteorite lighted up much of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and 
Kansas when it fell on Jan. 3 and it was photographed by a nationwide 
tracking system of cameras.  The meteorite became the first in history to be 
tracked so completely.
     Analysis of the photographs permitted scientists to pinpoint its origin 
several million miles beyond Mars, the first time in history for such close 
tracking.
     Clark said the latest fragment was located on a farm owned by Marvin 
Payton, who has agreed to let the Smithsonian study it.

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Hello list,

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posted today upon request.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick