[meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato Meteorite is Just a Rock

[karmaka]

Hold on and keep tuned !
 
" 2012, October 23 - There are more developments today. An appology  may have been too hssty. We are waiting for confirmation of the new  insight. Keep tuned."
http://cams.seti.org/
 
Let's quote Phil:
 
"This is turning into a mystery wrapped inside an enigma." ;-)
 
Martin


 
Von: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
 An: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
 Betreff: [meteorite-list] Intergalactic False Alarm: Novato Meteorite is Just a Rock
 Datum: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:39:12 +0200
 
Shawn,
 
 I agree, the second rock doesn't look like a meteorite either. Has it been 
 examined by an expert?
 
 Phil Whitmer
 Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
 
 
 Hello Listers
 
 Just found this, might be interesting for others that are hunting for 
 meteorites in Novato area.
 
 "After a fireball streaked across the Bay Area sky last Wednesday evening, 
 scientists and locals alike have been on the hunt for pieces of the meteor 
 that is believed to have made landfall in the Bay Area.
 On Tuesday the meteor astronomer with the SETI Institute who reported over 
 the weekend that the first piece of the meteor was found after it hit the 
 roof of a Novato home clarified that the suspected meteorite discovered 
 there is actually a natural rock.
 Dr. Peter Jenniskens with the SETI Institute said on his NASA Ames Research 
 Center webpage the house of administrative nurse at the University of 
 California at San Francisco Lisa Webber was hit by something during the 
 fireball's descent last Wednesday evening, but the meteorite remains 
 elusive.
 After an examination using a petrographic microscope Monday, Jenniskens was 
 able to conclude the rock was not a meteorite.
 He wrote Tuesday, "I sincerely thought it was, based on what appeared to me 
 was remnant fusion crust. On closer inspection, that crust was a product of 
 weathering of a natural rock, not from the heat of entry."
 The 2-inch rock is 63 grams, dense and responds to a magnet, according to 
 information from the SETI Institute, a nonprofit scientific and education 
 organization that has projects sponsored by NASA and other foundations and 
 research groups...."
 
 source: 
 http://millvalley.patch.com/articles/intergalactic-false-alarm-novato-meteorite-is-just-a-rock
 
 The sample that was first found looks like the second sample that was found.
 
 Shawn Alan
 IMCA 1633
 
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