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Matilda Pfeiffer Museum Presents Program on the Paragould Meteorite
Posted Saturday, February 6, at 9:10 PM
On Wednesday, February 17, at 3 PM, the Matilda Pfeiffer Museum (next to the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, off West Clay Street, Piggott) will present Piggott resident and NASA Solar System Ambassador, Kenneth Renshaw, in a presentation about the famed Paragould Meteorite.
That day will also be the 80th anniversary of the meteorite fall, which, at 820 pounds, was, at that time, the largest stone meteorite in the world to be recovered. It is currently the fourth largest stony meteorite in the world, now located at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. A small piece of the meteorite from Renshaw's collection, now on permanent loan at the Museum, will be available for viewing at the presentation. The meteorite, along with another piece at 73 pounds, fell southwest of Paragould on February 17, 1930, at 4:08 AM, waking the area, and causing a cattle stampede. Parts of the stones are also on display at institutions around the world.
This presentation will also be made at the Greene County Library, sponsored by the Greene County Museum, at 120 North 12th Street, Paragould on Saturday, February 13 at 10 AM.
The public is invited.
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Kenneth Renshaw
NASA/JPL
Solar System Ambassador/Saturn Observation Campaign
Kenneth is one of 494 volunteer educators and astronomers who donate their time to educate America's youth, and the general public, about astronomy and the U.S. space program.
Organized in 1999 by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab,it focuses on spacecraft built by the JPL such as Voyager, Mars Rover, Galileo, Cassini as well as the Hubble Space Telescope.
Renshaw is one of four ambassadors in Arkansas, and makes presentations to all age and experience groups from pre-school to university science level.
His official NASA website it
www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/profiles/Kenneth_Renshaw.htm
His email address is renshaw@newwavecomm.net
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