[meteorite-list] New Eucrite? - Eastern Slovakia

Meteorites USA eric at meteoritesusa.com
Wed Mar 31 16:18:23 EDT 2010


Take a look at the photos in the article, does this appear to be an 
achondrite/eucrite maybe?

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On the eastern Slovakia fell meteorite, scientists found fragments of
http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/vesmir/_zprava/714433
Eastern Slovakia fell to an hour before midnight on 28th February tens 
of kilograms of rock from space. These were fragments of a meteorite 
that burned up in atmosphere, lit up the sky in a radius of several 
hundred kilometers and frightening residents.

Some fragments of the meteorite, astronomers have found, researched and 
today it is first shown to the public. How Radiožurnál said Marek 
Husařík of the Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 
the largest piece weighs over two kilograms.
Audio
Interview with Mark Husařík from the Astronomical Institute of the 
Slovak Academy of Sciences in the afternoon Radiožurnál
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"It has a dark gray color is relatively heavy compared to other stones, 
which are normally found on Earth," described Husařík rare find.

Scientists have found fragments of municipalities of Klatovy Vyšný west 
of Kosice. Whence meteorid arrived, trying to find Slovak astronomers, 
together with experts from the Ondrejov Observatory of the Academy of 
Sciences.

"Identify heliocentric orbit is not easy, it is necessary to determine 
the position of being the largest pieces of which we have actually only 
one," said Husařík.

Impacts of meteorites on Earth are referred to him a frequent 
phenomenon, but it is not easy to record. "Specifically, the Slovak has 
been observed, there are five falls. Recent findings from the 1994 
Rumanová the village, "he said.

Part of the material universe is now going to analyze the composition, 
more debris then end up in museum in the Slovak Republic, the Czech 
Republic and Hungary. It then comes under Husařík important video that 
helped to identify the impact site.
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Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA



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