[meteorite-list] Any of you collectors also divers?

[Chris Peterson]

I think a body that could produce a 300m crater would result in something 
besides a "suspected" strike!

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=11281&group=General

Meteorite suspected of hitting river in northern Finland

30.12.2005 at 16:10

A large explosion crater found in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki, northern 
Finland, may be caused
by a meteorite, said Juhani Harjunharja, chair of the Ursa astronomical 
association, in a statement
Friday.

The crater has an estimated diameter of as much as 300 meters. Samples are 
being sent to the
University of Oulu for examination. The possibility of the crater being 
caused by the remnant of a
satellite has not been ruled out.

"For my part I am strongly leaning towards the opinion that it is a 
meteorite", Mr Harjunharja said.

The impact zone is approximately one kilometre from the closest settled 
area. It is estimated that
the impact occurred before Christmas.