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Incidentally, To all whom might be interested in the latest on the Bavarian meteorite fall, Al's clued me to the Astronomy Forum, The following's from Hans V. Kampen: <"Little is known sofar – I'm in the process of colecting more material now. From what I've seen, the meteor must have come in from the northnorthwest at a very steep angle indeed. The crater is nearly round and has an equal slope suggesting a steep impact. However some alledged observers (it is a famous walking area for people from urban Munich near the equally famous 'holy monastry' Andechs) said to me this afternoon that they heard nothing upon impact. Then a loud bang (explosion) was heard and some people saw a plume of smoke about 150 meters (500 feet high). It was mid-day which makes the event even more interesting. There is no evidence however that a detonation of a second world war bomb caused the explosion and crater, which appears here at the moment as an option. I have seen more meteor impactsites and what I have seen is consistent with such an impact. The crater lies next to a moor (EgleSee, or Egle Lake if you will) and lies exact at its south-easterly point. Snow has melten in an area of some 200-250 meters around the crater. The soil is muddy and a lot of clay has been thrown around, but in such a way that it seems very likely the thing came from the northnortheast very steep. Mudblobs (some 3 feet in diameter) ly around in an area to 700 meter from the crater mostly in a east-south-west direction. Impressive sight I must say – I've never seen such an impact before. Tomorrow I'll come back on it! Give me 24 hours, ttfn 🙂 Hans"> Hope that fuels a bit more interest! Joseph