Slovenia Meteorite News- Astronomer and Slovenian Museum Clash over Meteorite Find 10JUL09

Astronomer and Slovenian Museum Clash over Meteorite Find

Ljubljana, 8 July (STA) - German Thomas Grau reported on Tuesday that he had found a rare 2.35 kilo meteorite in a forest near Jesenice (NW) in May. The Slovenian Museum of Natural History confirmed on Wednesday that the meteorite had indeed enlighten the sky over Slovenia on 9 April, but noted that two Slovenians had found the object from outer space.

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08.07.2009 19:22

German Meteorite News- Thomas Grau Finds Meteorite Fall in Slovenia 9JUL09

Deutscher findet Meteorit in Slowenien

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Ein seltener Meteoritenfund ist einem Deutschen nach eigenen Angaben in Slowenien gelungen. Thomas Grau aus Bernau (Brandenburg) entdeckte in der Grenzregion zu Österreich einen 2,35 Kilogramm schweren Gesteinsbrocken aus dem All. Der Meteorit war am 9. April im Karawanken-Gebirge niedergegangen und zerbrochen. Er hatte seinen Fund aus dem Mai kürzlich auf einem Treffen des deutschen Feuerkugel-Netzwerks vorgestellt. Grau hatte bereits den Meteoriten entdeckt, der im Januar für eine spektakuläre Feuerkugel am Himmel über dem Ostseeraum gesorgt hatte. Er fand das Stück im März auf der dänischen Insel Lolland.
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English Translation:
A German according to own information in Slovenia has managed a rare meteorite finding. Thomas Grau from Bernau (Brandenburg) discovered in the border region to Austria a 2.35 kilogram rock lump from a Fall. The meteorite had come down on the 9th April in the Karawanken mountains and had broken. He had introduced his finding from May recently on a meeting of the German fire ball-network.
Grau had already discovered the meteorite which had provided in January for a spectacular fire ball in the sky about the Baltic Sea area. He found the piece in March on the Danish island Lolland.

Austria Bolide Produces Bright Light and Sound 10APR09

Earthquake turns out to be an exploding meteorite
Hundreds of Carinthians were left terrified thinking they had been hit by an earthquake after a meteorite exploded over their homes early yesterday (Thurs, 9APR09).
Locals said the meteorite exploded at about 3AM with what sounded like an enormous thunder clap followed by rumbling and howling. Hans Handler from Velden told the newspaper Österreich yesterday: "I though it was either an earthquake or a crashing airplane."Experts at an observatory at Gerlitzen near Villach said the meteorite had reached a temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius after entering the earth’s atmosphere. They added the bang it had caused had been heard over a wide area of the province.
Hermann Mucke, the long-time chief of an astronomical office in Vienna, told the newspaper: "The meteorite produced a glow of an electric nature. Most such meteorites are detected at altitudes ranging from 80 to 120 kilometres."
Mucke added, however, that it would be impossible to prove that the phenomenon had been a meteorite. He said there was only one so-called "fireball" camera in Austria, which was located in the Waldviertel far from Carinthia, and so there were no photos of what had lit up the Carinthian sky yesterday morning.
Austrian Times
http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=12446