[meteorite-list] Farmington

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:14 2004
Message-ID: <3BDBD17A.6512BE9_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Rhett kindly asked:

> "Would Farmington be on the list of
> meteorites with calculated orbits as well?"

Martin responded:

> It is interesting that you mention Farmington. May I ask where you got
> its name as a possible candidate? That might help jog my memory.

Hello All!

Here is something that may prove helpful:

OBERST J. (1989) Possible relationship between the Farmington meteorite
and a seismically detected swarm of meteoroids impacting the Moon
(Meteoritics 24-1, 1989, pp. 23-28, excerpt):

Geocentric radiant of the Farmington meteorite / Geocentric radiants,
all in degree

Event - Encounter time - Right ascension - Declination - Ecliptic
longitude - Reference

Farmington - June 25, 1890 - 87 (88,88,89) / 2 (6, 8, 9) - 86
(88,88,89) - Levin et al. (1976)
Farmington - June 25, 1890 - 81 (83,84,84) /- 18 (-11,-8,-7) - 79
(82,83,84) - Sekanina (1983)

Oberst computed the geocentric radiants for a range of possible
atmospheric entry speeds of 13 km/s and, in brackets, 16, 19, and 22
km/s, suggested for the Farmington meteorite (Levin et al., 1976).

Reference:

LEVIN B.J. et al. (1976) Farmington meteorite: A fragment
of an Apollo asteroid? (Icarus 28, 307-324).


Best wishes,

Bernd
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