[meteorite-list] The Close Asteroid Shave & One That Got Swallowed

From: Troy <Troy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:35 2004
Message-ID: <001801c21b71$a9adf6c0$07a9afce_at_default>

Wonder where it would have left a crater at on the earth and how big of a
crater it would have left, if it had not passed by the earth and hit it
instead? Did anyone backtrack it's path to see where it would have hit?

Troy B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Fox" <unclefireballmtf_at_yahoo.com>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] The Close Asteroid Shave & One That Got Swallowed


> June 23, 2002
>
> Greetings Meteorite Enthusiasts!
>
> Asteroid 2002 MN. This chunk of rock is said to have
> come as close as 0.00078 AU from earth, and was caught
> sight of at an embarrassing time. If it had smacked
> earth, we would have felt it. However, let us not
> forget that since 2002 MN was a NEO roughly the size
> of a soccer or football field, a lot of researchers
> were not bothering to look for asteroids of that size!
> Most, as overwhelmed as they no doubt feel, are
> concentrating their efforts on locating drifting
> boulders the size of a kilometer or more. Finding
> 2002 MN was more or less a lucky shot.
>
> With that in mind, let us not neglect to mention the
> ones that did hit in modern times (and I do not always
> mean Tunguska). Take a closer look at the beautiful
> Sikhote-Alin fragments that adorn many collections
> (including my sister's). We may not think of it, but
> the fireball that brought that meteoritic material to
> earth made quite a mess, big craters and all! Trees
> were lodged with them and some of the pieces were
> actually altered to shrapnel. Talk about hot and cold
> meteorites, many were most certainly not as cold as
> Siberia when they tore up the forest, I can say that!
> But, perhaps the most startling thing that comes to
> mind is the manner in which they did fall. To me, a
> meteoritic machine gun may help paint the picture. Oh
> yes, if that same event fell in a large city, you
> would indeed see people trembling today at the news of
> asteroid 2002 MN.
>
> Long strewn fields!
>
> Mark Fox
> Newaygo, MI USA
>
>
>
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Received on Mon 24 Jun 2002 07:24:09 AM PDT