Looks like an iron meteorite. I've seen lots of them and they mostly look like this except this one went through the roof of a house so it has a few unusual markings (mostly the shiny groove). Otherwise the pitting both small and large looks like a meteorte and the material (looks like a soft metal namely iron). The "post" coming out of the side could just be from an ancient collision or maybe from a crystalized piece with stronger crystals. But the pitting - looks just like a meteor. I'm sure a geologist or meteor expert could tell you at a glance and prove it by looking at slices under the microscope. I bet one could sell this for about $500 dollars. The railroad train hypothesis is also intriguing. - George Roberts http://gr5.org -----Original Message----- From: Marco Langbroek Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:41 AM To: satelliet lijst (SeeSat) Subject: Space junk? Hi all, This came through a roof in the Netherlands on Friday. Anyone recognizing the object in the pictures below as anything space-related? While I don't think it is likely space-junk, I nevertheless want to check it out for certainty. I am quite sure it isn't an iron meteorite either. It looks artificial. http://www.mobypicture.com/user/politieglm/view/8874943 http://www.mobypicture.com/user/politieglm/view/8874951 http://www.mobypicture.com/user/politieglm/view/8874960 - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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