Record meteorite hits Norway - Impact blast comparable to Hiroshima

[Mercurious]

I am concerned that there has been NO news about this alleged meteorite hitting Northern Norway, from Australian sources or more importantly from Norwegian sources.

I have spoken to a contact of mine in Trondheim and he was completely unaware of this news.

Either the story is false, or there is major interest in this infromation remaining undisclosed.

Either way this is most alarming.

 

[kenlee]

I am concerned that there has been NO news about this alleged meteorite hitting Northern Norway, from Australian sources or more importantly from Norwegian sources.

I have spoken to a contact of mine in Trondheim and he was completely unaware of this news.

Either the story is false, or there is major interest in this infromation remaining undisclosed.

Either way this is most alarming.

Both the Aftenposten (English front page) and the Aftenposten (Norwegian front page... but at the bottom of the page) have the story.

See:
Aftenposten (English front page) http://www.aftenposten.no/english/
Aftenposten (Norwegian front page) http://www.aftenposten.no/

But the other English newspapers in Norway dont have it.

http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/
http://www.bellona.no/
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/
http://www.norwaypost.no/

Just going by the pictures, I did not see the story in many of the other Norwegian newspapers at:
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/norway.htm

Also, I can't link to the reginal newspaper in Troms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_Troms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A5lselv

 

[Ulrich]

Yesterday's edition of "Aftenposten" cited two astronomers, Mr. Joergen and Mr. Oedegaard who said they were prepared to pay up to a 100.000 kroner for the meteorite, or at least 1.000 kr for 100 grams of it.
Mr. T.L. Hansen of Nordlys Observatory in Tromsoe expressed his belief that the meteorite should have weighed between 10 an 12 kilograms (22 - 26 pounds).
He believed that the idea of the rock having an explosive power similar to the Hiroshima bomb was somewhat exaggerated.

www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1346820.ece

 

[Ulrich]

ASTRONOMER APOLOGIZES FOR METEORITE FUSS
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AFTENPOSTEN Newspaper (15/06/06)


A professor at the Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo has issued an editorial apology for what he called "exaggerated explosive force" linked to reports of the recent meteorite strike in Norway.

The story of the meteorite impact in northern Norway made international headlines, no doubt due to the comparison with the force of the atom bomb detonated over Hiroshima.

In an editorial at Norwegian science news site forskning.no, Professor Kaare Aksnes said it was regrettable that this comparison had been made, and that it was extremely exaggerated. Aksnes also said it was regrettable that the statement had apparently emanated from the Institute.

Aksnes goes on to explain that a meteor capable of a Hiroshima-like impact would almost completely burn up as it entered Earth's atmosphere, and that the remnants would hit the earth far too slowly - though impacts of that intensity have of course occurred. He estimates the North Troms impact to have been comparable to "a powerful conventional bomb".

The original reactions to the witness reports of the meteor, also reported on forskning.no, are attributed to popular astronomer Knut J

 

[The Mechanic]

A couple of people were discussing this topic earlier over here:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=1842&p=1

Haven't seen any other news lately about that meteorite, but I haven't been looking for it either...