[meteorite-list] A new french meteorite discovered !

[Michel FRANCO]

Congrats men.

A good start for the new year!

Best

Michel FRANCO

-----Message d'origine-----
De : meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]De la part de Pelé
Pierre-Marie
Envoyé : mercredi 10 janvier 2007 18:17
À : MeteoriteList
Objet : [meteorite-list] A new french meteorite discovered !


Me and Alain Carion are proud to announce the
existence of a "new" french meteorite.

The meteorite of Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne fell
September 29, 1799 near Le Mans (west of France). A
farmer saw a stone falling in front of him while he
was collecting grain. The stone was certainly broken
apart. It weighed about 4.6 kilograms but most of it
was forever lost. Alain Carion found a 12 grams
fragment in the J. Chadel collection he bought in
november 2006 and another piece of 40 grams was kept
in the Musee Vert of Le Mans where we met the curator
last week. Only two rare articles spoke of this fall
(in 1841 and 1881) ; that's the reason why its
existence was confidential.

It's an ordinary chondrite and it's still under
classification at the MNHN, Paris.

Alain Carion will show you its 12 grams fragment of
the Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne meteorite in Tucson (Inn
Suite, room 123) during the Show.

Pierre-Marie PELE
www.meteor-center.com






___________________________________________________________________________
Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions !
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes
sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
______________________________________________
Meteorite-list mailing list
Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list