Telescope Reviews: Re: Dumb Question

I get some of that from the locals around here at times. There is a big misconception floating around that meteorites are only found in sealed clean-rooms at NASA facilities. Many people confuse meteorites with lunar samples brought back by the Apollo program. Most people aren't aware that the Earth is peppered with meteorites daily and many of them strike populated areas. Ask the young woman whose Chevy Malibu got smashed by the Peekskill meteorite if the stone that fell from the sky was really a space rock.

I often send the skeptics to Wikipedia first. The Wiki article on meteorites has some good basic facts and is a good layman's primer for meteorites :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite

Our own Tom (Pegster) is having some meteorites I sold him analyzed at a university lab right now as we speak. It will be interesting to hear the exact results of the type and compositions.

Regards and clear skies,

MikeG

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Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars.

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