[meteorite-list] FW: The Vitim event and more

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:33 2004
Message-ID: <20030813105417.89D6D5360E_at_pairlist.net>

thanx Ron for helping to describe the relative impact size... I don't think
Serg was convinced the search done for meteorites was sufficient. With
remoteness and lack of money being the handicaps so far.

John

> >
> > Serg from the Comet Meteorite Shop told me the same thing about Vitim at the
> > Springfield show. He said that travel to the area was long and
> > difficult...and that more money would be needed to do a serious investigation
> > of the site. He did say they had soil to evaluate, and that the
> > impact/explosion(?) damage to the area was significant.
>
> So, the initial reports of finding meteorite fragments at the site
> were totally off the mark?
>
> It seems to me people had unreasonable high expectations.
> The 'damage' to the area is sounding
> more and more like a normal forest fire than an impact site. That's not
> to say meteorites didn't fall, but that this is not looking like
> another Tunguska event.
>
> > This might have been a smaller scale Tunguska-like event? Much more work on
> > the site it is needed for sure.
>
> The main evidence against it being a Tunguska-like event is the DOD
> satellite measurements. They indicate that this was more on
> a scale of a Tagish Lake event, which incidently did not knock down any
> trees. They should be looking for meteorites, and not be led off course
> by burnt trees.
>
> Ron Baalke
>
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