Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Unusual meteorite found in Kansas


Scientists discovered a rare meteorite in a Greensburg, Kansas wheat field Monday, October 16th with the use of new ground penetrating radar technology that someday may be used on Mars. The meteor weighs 154 pounds and was carefully taken out of the ground with the use of scientists' brushes and hand tools to make sure that they saved all evidence of the meteor strike. Before the meteor was even fully taken out of the ground, the scientific experts, whom were at the site, stated that the meteor had fallen about 20,000 years ago! "We know it is recent," said Carolyn Sumners, director of Astronomy at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, as she surveyed progress on the dig. "Native Americans could have seen it."
The wheat field was discovered in 1882 and since that time, scientists have traced pieces of the meteor shower all the way back to the Indian mounds in Ohio. They assume that pieces of previous meteors were most likely traded between the Indians as pieces of jewelry and ceremonial artifacts. The first, largest meteor shower is said to have killed all the dinosaurs in the prehistoric ages. Could the Ohio Indians have traded with the same meteors that killed the dinosaurs?

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