1,000-pound meteorite found amid Kansas tornado rubble

AP ^ | 5/7/7

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A meteor awaits pick up from the rubble of Friday's tornado in Greensburg, Kan., Monday, May 7,
2007. Amid the rubble, one of the town's most locally famous features was recovered Monday.
A museum volunteer searching the site of the town's Big Well museum found a missing 1,000-
pound meteorite, one of the largest of its kind. The meteorite, a type called a pallasite, is insured
for $1 million. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

[mainepatsfan]

Should we now be on the lookout for a small boy who can lift trucks?

[GoLightly]

town's Big Well museum found a missing 1,000- pound meteorite

Now where did I put that again?

[tumblindice]

I think the world’s largest hand-dug well is nearby as well, maybe in Pratt.

[wastedyears]

A missing 1,000Lb meteorite?

[FreedomPoster]

Yes, I saw in one of the other threads, that it was missing, and thought “well, it couldn’t have gone far”. Looks like I was right.

[KarlInOhio]

A missing 1,000Lb meteorite?

From the looks of the picture, the rest of the museum was missing too.

[1rudeboy]

Well, it might’ve rolled a couple feet.

[bamahead]

Yep, missing. It was in a museum in Greensburg, demolished by the tornado.

http://www.bigwell.org/meteor.html

[gura]

It's in Greensburg: http://www.bigwell.org/bigwell.html

[Deguello]

What do you call a meteor that hits the ground twice? First time is meteorite, second time is meteordos?

[Rightly Biased]

Greensberg

[nctexan]

Shoot.... we got hail stones bigger than that with Texas tornados!

[Izzy Dunne]

A meteor awaits pick up

Someone would do well to learn the difference between meteor and meteorite.

[wagglebee]

How dense is the meteorite? It looks very small to weigh 1000 lbs.

[Andonius_99]

Are you sure it wasn't a Boeing Bomb?

[metmom]

Maybe for your list.

[PCBMan]

Meteorological Movement of a Meteor?

[tumblindice]

thanks. Source of the expression: “colder than a well-digger’s ... belt-buckle.”

[hophead]

Don’t quit your day job.