* Astronomy

We report here yet another meteorite fall that was observed on 6 June 2002 at village Bhawad (E 26°30'30" : N 73°06'55") in Jodhpur District, Rajasthan, India at 18.00 h IST. A lady from the Bhawad village witnessed the meteorite-fall. She did not notice any light, but saw a stone smashing onto the ground with roaring sound and raising dust. The direction from which the meteorite came, as shown by the lady, on measurement was found to be roughly 155°N. The meteorite initially weighed 678.10 g and measured 11 cm x 6 cm x 7 cm. The stone has well-marked thumb impressions with thin (1 to 2 mm) fusioncrust. A yellowish-grey inner surface is exposed on a portion of the stone due to removal of fusion-crust which gives the foetid smell of sulphur. One end of the stone shows a broken, rough surface covered with thinner fusion crust, indicating a probable breaking of the stone prior to its entry into the earths atmosphere.
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