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> > Jeremiah Barnes, 10, spoke in science classes at Cedar Key School on Friday, where
> >       he explained how he saw a meteorite fall into his yard this week.
> >         KAREN VOYLES/THE GAINESVILLE SUN
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> > http://www.ocala.com/article/20071118/NEWS/211180344/1368/googlesitemapnews
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> >         Fourth-grader finds meteorite in yard
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> >         BY KAREN VOYLES
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> >         THE GAINESVILLE SUN (Florida)
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> >         November 18, 2007
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> >         CEDAR KEY - A fourth-grader got a personal, hands-on lesson in
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> >         meteorites earlier this week.
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> >         Jeremiah Barnes, 10, was the featured speaker in science classes at
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> >         Cedar Key School Friday, where he explained how he saw the meteorite
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> >         fall into his yard at the beginning of the week.
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> >         After seeing an object streak into the yard, Jeremiah told high school
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> >         classes he initially thought one of his cousins had thrown something
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> >         over the fence. After running over to the object and touching it,
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> >         Jeremiah said he knew it was something extraordinary.
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> > "It burned my finger so I ran in the house and got my sister," Jeremiah 
> >         said.
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> >         After seeing a blister rise on her brother's index finger, Angel Neese,
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> >         a 14-year-old ninth-grader, doused the object with water from the garden
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> >         house. Brother and sister watched in fascination as the water being
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> >         poured into the shoebox-sized hole made by the object instantly began
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> >         boiling.
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> > "It kind of looked like lava from a volcano, but then I remembered what 
> >         we learned in [eighth-grade] science class. And I kind of thought it
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> >         would be a meteorite," Angel said. After the object cooled, Angel 
> >         pointed out the metals in it to her little brother and explained what
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> >         she remembered about objects superheating when they entered the Earth's
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> >         atmosphere.
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> >         Jeremiah presented the molten lump to high school science teacher
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> >         Richard Whitman, who confirmed it was a meteorite and called the
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> >         astronomy department at the University of Florida to try to figure out
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> >         the odds of a fourth-grader in the state's smallest public school
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> >         actually seeing a meteorite hit the ground.
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> > "Not a real likely event," Whitman said. "For anyone."
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> >         Jeremiah said he plans to keep the meteorite and is cautious about who
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> >         gets to handle his new treasure. After telling his story to the high
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> >         school science students, Jeremiah answered questions, then walked from
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> >         desk to desk allowing the teenagers to look and touch, but being careful
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> >         to make sure it remained over a desk to reduce the risk of an accidental
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> >         drop.
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> > "I want to make sure I have it always, and it doesn't ever get broken,"
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> >         Jeremiah said.
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