Monday, January 14, 2013

In Calif. Gold Country, A Rush That's Out Of This World | Reduction

In Calif. Gold Country, A Rush That's Out Of This World

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An area of the Sutter's Mill meteorite, dubbed "Darth Vader," is researched at a lab at the College of California, Davis. The meteorite is made of carbonaceous chondrite, which consists of products that formed the worlds of the solar system. An area of the Sutter's Mill meteorite, dubbed "Darth Vader," is researched at a lab at the University of California, Davis. The meteorite is made of carbonaceous chondrite, which consists of products that formed the worlds of the solar system. On the crisp, clear morning of April 22, a 50-ton asteroid slammed into the Earth's environment and shattered into many pieces. Remarkably, they rained down onto Sutter's Mill, Calif. , the exact spot where gold was discovered back in 1848, triggering the gold rush. Therefore follows a story of serendipity and scientific discovery.

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Peter Jenniskens

Overall Sentiment: -0.106909

Relevance: 0.644189

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0.111606"It became quickly clear that this was a rather exceptional asteroid impact," says Peter Jenniskens, ...
-0.653537"Because it came in so fast, very little survived," Jenniskens says. ...
-0.653537"Because it came in so fast, very little survived," Jenniskens says. "But because it was so big, we still got to find something."
0"Most meteorite falls we're getting on the Earth are from the terrestrial kind of stuff. Chunks of rock," Jenniskens says. ...
0"Most meteorite falls we're getting on the Earth are from the terrestrial kind of stuff. Chunks of rock," Jenniskens says. "This is more interesting. This is the type of meteorite that carries organics with it to the Earth, that must have brought in the carbon that you and I are made out of."
0.423768"We actually got to see this type of meteorite in a pristine condition, sort of what you would get if you would go to an asteroid in space and you would collect a sample from this type of asteroid," Jenniskens says. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 6
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.7717
  • Mean: -0.12861666666667
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Ed Allen

Overall Sentiment: 0.0422869

Relevance: 0.52732

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-0.0325476"I was out on my hillside burning some branches and so forth, and I heard this sonic boom," says Gold Country resident Ed Allen.
0.238143"I was out on my hillside burning some branches and so forth, and I heard this sonic boom," says Gold Country resident Ed Allen. "It wasn't just one boom. It was a series of booms, literally right over my head."
0.108553"I did see a small trail of brown dust way up in the upper atmosphere," Allen says. ...
0.0921762"I did see a small trail of brown dust way up in the upper atmosphere," Allen says. "It was so unremarkable I didn't put the two together."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 4
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.4063246
  • Mean: 0.10158115
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Sutter

Overall Sentiment: 0.147565

Relevance: 0.425081

Davis

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.387306

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Norm Allen

Overall Sentiment: 0.233377

Relevance: 0.371061

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0.407835"There were professional and semi-professional meteorite hunters out here, as well as just mom and pop with the kids," says Norm Allen.
0.230166"There were professional and semi-professional meteorite hunters out here, as well as just mom and pop with the kids," says Norm Allen. "In fact, one lady was pushing a baby carriage and found one of the bigger pieces that was found, right off the bat."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.638001
  • Mean: 0.3190005
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Norm

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.346783

Robert Ward

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Relevance: 0.331238

Ed

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Relevance: 0.303619

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PrintMedia: Science

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.329178

Facility: Sutter's Mill

Overall Sentiment: 0.149272

Relevance: 0.924547

StateOrCounty: Calif.

Overall Sentiment: 0.137742

Relevance: 0.544765

Disambiguation: Location | PoliticalDistrict | AdministrativeDivision | Appellation | GovernmentalJurisdiction | USState | WineRegionReferences:

City: Lotus

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.344597

Organization: University of California

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.393273

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