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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:03:39 +0100
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Subject: [zzzzteana] Hot rock
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http://yorkshirepost.co.uk/scripts/editorial2.cgi?cid=news&aid=481620
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Close encounter of burnt kind
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IT came from outer space <20> or did it? Teenager Siobhan Cowton is convinced
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the object which struck her as she climbed into the family car at her home
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in Northallerton is extra-terrestrial.
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But while her claims are being treated with a certain amount of studied
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academic scepticism by experts in these matters, the 14-year-old schoolgirl
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is adamant she was hit on the foot by a meteorite.
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Siobhan initially thought there was a more prosaic explanation <20> that the
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odd-looking stone had been thrown at her by a child,.
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But on closer inspection, she discovered all was not as it seemed <20> because
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it was hot when she picked it up. It hit her on a foot but caused no injury.
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"I looked at it again and it had a black and grey colour with a shiny bubble
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surface," she said.
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After closer inspection by her father Niel, and comparison with pictures on
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the Internet, Siobhan plans to ask scientists at Durham University to check
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the object for authenticity.
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If it is from outer space, Siobhan says she will consider putting it up for
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auction.
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She added: "If it isn't worth anything then I suppose I will keep it myself
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for sentimental value. It is not every day that you are hit by a meteorite."
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But Dr Ben Horton, a lecturer in physical geography, was the acme of
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academic caution.
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"Meteors have features that can be used to establish whether it is a piece
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of extraterrestrial rock," he said.
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"They have a very smooth surface but sometimes they have shallow depressions
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and cavities. If they are hot, they should have a black ash like crust burnt
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around the edge.
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"Most are between five and 60 centimetres but five centimetres is the
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smallest that they usually appear."
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To establish the provenance of Siobhan's suspected meteorite it would have
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to be subject to a mineral breakdown but Dr Horton thinks the chances of it
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being extra-terrestrial are slim.
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"Around 50,000 a year strike the Earth's surface and, considering the size
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of the Earth, it is very unlikely to be a meteorite.
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"However, there is a possibility and there is no reason it couldn't happen,"
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he added.
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