[meteorite-list] Theory of Large Meteorite Impact in Finland is False
Ron Baalke
baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Mon Jan 2 22:49:26 EST 2006
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=11290
Theory of large meteorite impact in Finnish Lapland is false -Ursa
NewsRoom Finland
January 2, 2006
The suspected meteorite crater in the Mantokoski river in Utsjoki in
Finnish Lapland could not have been caused by a meteorite, said Jarmo
Moilanen, a representative of the Finnish astronomical association
(Ursa) in a statement Saturday.
The impact of a meteorite leaving such a large crater would have been
detected, Mr Moilanen argued.
The chair of Ursa's Utsjoki branch had suspected Friday that a meteorite
had caused the crater, estimated to have a diameter of as much as 300
metres.
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