WBBM Newsradio 780 Chicago
Tue, 12 May 2009 06:22 AM PDT
PARK FOREST, Ill. (AP) -- A 5-pound meteorite piece that crashed into a suburban Chicago home in 2003 is going up for auction. The so-called "Garza Stone" will be auctioned on May 17 by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The rock is named for steelworker and Park Forest resident Noe Garza.
(Meteor Crater, Arizona)
自由時報 The Liberty Times - Taipei,Taiwan 13MAY09
亞利桑納隕石坑位在美國亞利桑納州的溫斯洛（Winslow）小鎮附近，是在大約5萬年前，由一顆半徑50公尺的鎳鐵隕石以超過3倍音速以上的速度衝撞而成，坑的半徑1.2公里，深 ...
穿太空衣、摸隕石 今明「童」樂
(Taipei Observatory Meteorite Exhibit 3.5 Ton Iron Meteroite Featured)
The Liberty Times- Taipei, Taiwan
25Apr09
這顆3.5噸的大隕石是鐵隕石，長約150公分、寬120公分、高90公分（記者林秀姿攝）...
台北市長郝龍斌（左一）昨天與小朋友一起為隕石特展揭幕，小朋友首度摸到隕石的瞬間，都露出驚喜的笑容。（記者林秀姿攝）
〔記者林秀姿／台北報導〕「哇！這就是隕石喔！」第一次親手觸摸到隕石的小朋友驚呼連連，台北市立天文館昨天舉辦「隕石撞擊天文館」隕石特展，現場運來重達3.5噸的罕見大隕石，讓民眾實際親手觸摸，感受造物奧妙。
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