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[i]Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman."[/i]
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T O P I C R E V I E WSpaceAholicThe Benld meteorite: an ordinary space rock that slammed into a car. Edward McCain of Benld, Illinois, drove a decade-old Pontiac coupe that he kept safely stored in his garage, which was a small wooden building with a tar paper roof. Well-worn ruts in the dirt floor marked the exact spot where he parked his car every day for years. Then, on September 29, 1938, by sheer cosmic chance, a speeding space rock tore through the roof of McCain's garage before burrowing itself into his Pontiac. The Benld meteorite indiscriminately nailed its target.That same year, Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman."The cosmic cannonball not only tore through the roof, seat, and floor of McCain's car — which he was fortunately not in at the time — but also rebounded off the Pontiac's muffler before bouncing back up into the springs of the seat.MarylandSpaceInteresting story. Thank you for sharing.ManInSpaceWhy I love this site!Thank you.MCroft04Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman." But then later in the article the meteorite is referred to as a chondrite, quite different from a stony-iron. The photo is inconclusive as it appears to have a well developed fusion crust. Wish I could see a photo of the small chip.Jurg BolliIt was a H6 ordinary chondrite of mass 1771 g as described here.
Edward McCain of Benld, Illinois, drove a decade-old Pontiac coupe that he kept safely stored in his garage, which was a small wooden building with a tar paper roof. Well-worn ruts in the dirt floor marked the exact spot where he parked his car every day for years. Then, on September 29, 1938, by sheer cosmic chance, a speeding space rock tore through the roof of McCain's garage before burrowing itself into his Pontiac. The Benld meteorite indiscriminately nailed its target.That same year, Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman."The cosmic cannonball not only tore through the roof, seat, and floor of McCain's car — which he was fortunately not in at the time — but also rebounded off the Pontiac's muffler before bouncing back up into the springs of the seat.
That same year, Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman."
The cosmic cannonball not only tore through the roof, seat, and floor of McCain's car — which he was fortunately not in at the time — but also rebounded off the Pontiac's muffler before bouncing back up into the springs of the seat.
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Ben Hur Wilson of the Joliet Astronomical Society poetically reported in Popular Astronomy that "a small stony-iron meteorite came crashing out of the battlements of heaven, aimed apparently with the precision of a crack artilleryman."
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