[meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?

[ian macleod]

> Hi all, I read in todays Advertiser (SA newspaper) that the 'meteorite'  


> ricochet into the near by forest. If the crater actually was a low 


> angle impact like the Murnpeowie iron IC, I would have assumed the 


> impact pit/ trench would have been more elongated? I have seen no 


> reports of a fireball, no video, no evidence pointing towards a real 


> crater. The soil does not look soft if it was a higher angled impact I 


> would have expected to see more ejecta, fragments of iron or chondrite 


> etc etc Personally I think its fake, and if any meteorite is paired to 


> this crater it should be absolutely checked to see if the pairing is 


> valid, soil samples taken otherwise I have a nice UNWA and a shovel and 


> I will dig a big hole and make some money ;) Regards Ian Australia 8013