Rocks From Space Picture of the Day
May 25, 2006
"PASAMONTE FIREBALL"
Large size reprint of La tribuna Illustrata cover featuring the Pasamonte fireball. The dramatic work done by Vitorio Pisani shows the bolide seen from bord a transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco. Although the bolide most probably was the brightest ever seen in recent history it only dropped a small number of stones totaling 5.1 kg. The Pasamonte eucrite fell on March 24, 1933 at 0500 am in Union County, New Mexico.
Credit & copyright: Dr. Svend Buhl (www.niger-meteorite-recon.de)
Author & editor: Michael Johnson (SPACEROCKSINC.com)
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