[meteorite-list] Fw: Giant meteorite found in Sweden- Apology

[Mike Groetz]

I apologize- Ijust realized Darren already posted it.
Mikw\e


--- On Sat, 6/14/08, Mike Groetz <mpg444 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Groetz <mpg444 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Giant meteorite found in Sweden
> To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 9:19 PM
> Have any of you in the list heard more of this or know more
> about it? Not much detail at all....
> Mike
> 
> http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/13/Giant_meteorite_found_in_Sweden/UPI-38431213396355/
> 
> Giant meteorite found in Sweden
> 
> STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 13 (UPI) -- A massive meteorite
> weighing a staggering 2,607 pounds has been found near the
> northern Swedish village of Kitkiojarvi, officials say.
> 
> Thomas Osterberg, one of the two people who found it, said
> it was the biggest meteorite ever found in Sweden, the
> Swedish news agency TT reported.
> 
> He said it was egg-shaped, about one meter high with a
> diameter of about 70 centimeters at its broadest.
> 
> The finders say they hope to sell the whopper to the
> Swedish Museum of Natural History.
> 
> "It must stay in Sweden," Osterberg said. 
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