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Date: Feb 11 14:39 2014

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Meteorite Men S03E07 Homestead, Iowa 16 January 2012 Spoiler In 1875 the famed "detonating space rock" exploded six times over Iowa. Forgotten for almost 150 years, the Meteorite Men setout to uncover the extraterrestrial treasure buried beneath the cornfields of Homestead, Iowa. __________________

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Date: May 19 23:34 2013

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Title: An Account of the Detonating Meteor, of February 12, 1875 Authors: C. W. Irish Source __________________

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Date: May 19 23:31 2013

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Title: The Great Iowa Meteor Authors: Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs ON the evening of Friday, February 12, 1875, at twenty minutes past ten o'clock, one of the most brilliant meteors, of modern times illuminated the entire State of Iowa, and adjacent parts of the States of Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The southeastern portion of Iowa was bright as day, while the great meteor, in descending to the earth, passed from Appanoose County to Iowa County. The meteor, in rapidly moving through the atmosphere, produced a great variety of sounds - rolling, rumbling, and detonations of fearful intensity - which in a large portion of Iowa County shook the houses as if moved by an earthquake. But three days after the great phenomenon, a meteoric stone, weighing seven pounds, - was found by Miss Sarah Sherlock, while on her way from school - precisely where observers had seen a "glowing coal" descend to the earth. In April and May, while the farmers were cultivating the land, about 400 pounds of meteoric stones were gathered on the meteorite-field of Iowa County. Quite recently two large meteorites have been found, aggregating 120 pounds. But these 500 pounds of meteoric stones apparently are only a portion of a smaller fragment of the entire meteoric body, so that the whole mass falling to the earth, as the great Iowa meteor of February 12, 1875, must have weighed about 5,000 pounds. Read more __________________

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Date: Feb 12 08:02 2012

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The Homestead (L5) meteorite fell in Iowa, USA, on the 12th February, 1875. A total mass of 230 kg was recovered. 41° 48'N, 91° 52'W On the evening of 12 February 1875 above Iowa a brilliant fireball was observed. About 100 meteorite fragments fell over a 47 km² snowy countryside area from Amana to Boltonville in Iowa County. The first found fragment, a stone weighing about 3.5 kilograms, was discovered by Sarah Sherlock 3 kilometres south of Homestead. The area was wooded and covered by snow, impeding recovery efforts. On 10 February a 40 centimetres snowfall blanketed the ground, preventing the great majority of the fragments from being discovered until Spring. The 34 kg main mass was found along with a 22 kg fragment buried 0.61 m in the soil. As of December 2011, approximately 230 kilograms has been found. Read more __________________

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