Rocks From Space Picture of the Day August 18, 2007
Main mass of the TREYSA Meteorite, Germanys largest eye-witnessed fall,
(Mineralogisches Museum der Phillips Universität Marburg)
The meteorite of Treysa fell 1916, 3rd April in the afternoon at 15:30.
Many people saw a shining fireball, a smoke trail and heard a loud thunder.
The thunder was audibly in a radius of 50-60 Km. One year after the fall at March 05, 1917, the mass of 63 Kilos was found.
Credit & copyright: Carsten Giessler www.gi-po.de
Author & editor: Michael Johnson ( SPACEROCKSINC.com )
