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17 years 8 months ago #42334 by Seanie_Morris
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When Dee Riddle heard the breaking glass, she thought her bathroom mirror must have shattered.

What she found was quite different: A grayish metallic object about the size of a deck of cards had crashed through a bedroom window and into a computer table.

Intrigued scientists from nearby Illinois State University said it was likely a meteorite.

"In my 36 years of investigating meteorite calls, this looks like the real thing," said Robert Nelson, a geology professor at ISU. The last confirmed meteorite to strike Bloomington was in the '30s, he said.

Nelson and other experts ruled out the possibility that it had been thrown by someone near the house, and they said it wasn't likely to have been space junk from a satellite or spacecraft.

The U.S. Geological Survey's meteorite center in Flagstaff, Arizona, will take part in trying to positively identify the object, Nelson said.

The object hit around 9:30 a.m. Monday, Riddle said.

"We were just lucky no one was sitting at the computer when it happened," she said.

:shock:
Midlands Astronomy Club.
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17 years 8 months ago #42345 by michaeloconnell
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Not some local Romeo trying to sing her a moonlight serenade, eh.... :wink:

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17 years 8 months ago #42349 by ayiomamitis
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It would be interesting to see how much $$$$$$ she makes on eBay since meteorites are sold by the gram (or just about)?!
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17 years 8 months ago #42352 by Matthew C
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Worth more than their weight in gold! No joke! :D
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time. . . .
T. S. Eliot
A wise man....

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17 years 8 months ago #42363 by pmgisme
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I would throw stones at anybody with a name like "Dee Riddle".
How will we solve "Dee Riddle of the Stone"?
(To paraphrase Erskine Childers.)
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17 years 8 months ago #42429 by Seanie_Morris
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I know, it all sounds like a fabricated story! But, there were some photos on the web of the event and all. The rock itself is still to be analysed for verification.
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