[meteorite-list] Man in Norway 2 m from meteorite falling on Friday!

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

    The last of the four photos in this article is the
one  you want when somebody says, "What's a
fresh fusion-crusted meteorite look like, anyway?"

    Unable to read Norwegian, but I'm guessing
that "formiddag" is etymologically equivalent to
"fore-mid-day" in English, meaning "in the morning."
It fell at 10 in the morning?

    From the metal roofing shown in this link you
provided,
<http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/article1389622.ece>
I would judge its speed to have been about 100-120
mph (or 160-200 kph), a good speed for tin rooves
or rocky soil, but not something you'd want to experience
personally, by which I mean, by striking your person!


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bjorn Sorheim" <astrogeo at online.no>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Man in Norway 2 m from meteorite falling on 
Friday!
>
> More good images a story around the fall:
> http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/meteoritt_0706/meteoritt_0706.html
>
> Bjørn Sørheim