[meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A Meteorite

[Michael Murray]

Matteo, Ron and List
Thanks for sharing the article Ron.
Good call Matteo on this.
I was off a bit on it.  I said that I thought it might have been an  
ejected part of the chipper, possibly a piece of the hub that the  
blades are fastened into.  Nothing in the articles indicate it was  
such.  One thing fairly certain is that if that piece of iron went  
through a wood chipper operating at full speed, that chipper should  
have sustained a fair amount of damage.  Unless the gap was set a two  
inches plus ;-) , It shouldn't have been too hard for the operator to  
notice something went through that shouldn't have.   You could have  
sent one of my little micros through there though and launched it for  
at least 75 feet without causing any problems at all.  The micros are  
little but mighty!

Michael Murray