Talk:Sylacauga (meteorite)

Fork

I forked the article:

1. in Hodges meteorite I left everything about the fragment that hits Mrs Hodges and the consequences of this event
2. in Sylacauga (meteorite) I put everything about the meteorite fall from a scientifical viewpoint

In my opinion this is the best solution. Basilicofresco (talk) 10:35, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Not the only one

There is a second known instance of a meteor striking a human. A Ugandan boy was hit with a 3 gram piece of a meteor in the Mbale strike. I've found a number of links to it, some of them on college astronomy sites.

Here's one: http://astro.wsu.edu/worthey/astro/html/im-meteor/strikes.html

I'm going to delete / modify the comment in the article about the only one, hearing no objections here. Dictouray (talk) 17:54, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done, I just updated the article. Thanks for pointing it out! -- Basilicofresco (msg) 11:39, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

The first one in the astro.wsy.edu page states: "On September 27, 2003, a bright meteor fragmented into several pieces, which injured at least three people in the Orissa region of eastern India." so article is still incorrect. Kahkonen (talk) 08:42, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Well done. --Basilicofresco (msg) 09:20, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Hoax

I have removed the unproven claim (and obvious hoax) of a person allegedly hit by a meteorite earlier this month.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Geogene (talk • contribs) 00:22, 26 June 2009‎

Self-dealing?

McKinney sold the meteorite to a lawyer from Indianapolis who later purchased it for the Smithsonian Institution.

When he purchased it for the Smithsonian Institution, who did the lawyer buy it from, himself? This sentence is simply incoherent. Felsenst (talk) 21:41, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done - It looks like this has already been fixed. The lawyer bought it from Julius Kempis McKinney and donated it to the Smithsonian. --Marc Kupper|talk 02:31, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

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Re: Requested Photograph

The Hodges/Sylacauga meteorite at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on October 21st, 2024.

Howdy, all!

Per the photo request on this article, I've uploaded an image of the meteorite at the Alabama Museum of Natural History on the Wikimedia Commons, which can be found here through the linked thumbnail. I've never made a Wikipedia edit before, so I figured I would leave the decision to crop the image to those who might know better. If a better quality photo is needed, please let me know so I can go back and take another sometime soon!

All the best,
ResistivKai (talk) 23:17, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

I decided to go ahead, be bold, and include a cropped version in the main infobox of the article, while moving the old image into the body of the article.

If I made any mistake or if the latter image can be better positioned, please help me out and let me know what I can do better next time!

All the best,

ResistivKai (talk) 04:12, 24 October 2024 (UTC)