Lincolnshire meteorite smashed through window

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A Newsome couple cheated death in a close encounter with a meteorite!

Chris Nolan and his wife Julie were relaxing on holiday in Lincolnshire when the rock plummeted to earth, crashing through their caravan window.
Mr Nolan, a psychiatric nurse at St Luke's Hospital, said when they found the meteorite it was still hot and reeked of sulphur.

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[Doodler]

Heh, it still amazes me no one's been killed by one yet. I think the worst so far is a guy who ended up with a pretty nice bruise on his chest from one piling in, but with the possible exception of Tunguska, nothing nasty yet.

Absolutely amazing.

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Heh, it still amazes me no one's been killed by one yet. I think the worst so far is a guy who ended up with a pretty nice bruise on his chest from one piling in, but with the possible exception of Tunguska, nothing nasty yet.

Absolutely amazing.

Doodler. I'm pretty sure a monk was killed in Italy..Cremona.. while walking with companions, when struck by a meteorite, though the exact source temporarily eludes me. I'll check. Pete.

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Hum,
I'm not sure on the accuracy of the reports but this website has an list of near and fatal impacts

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this

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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/

[Doodler]

Interesting reading. Foolish to have forgotten Tunguska, but then I was thinking about direct hits when I posted. The only ones I had read about were non-lethal until now.

[jjjnettie]

Don't you think these close encounters with meteorites are wasted on non amateur astronomers? We would appeciate the experience so much more than anyone else. LOLOL