Re-2: [meteorite-list] Seems PF fell on 3/27 and NOT on 3/26...

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:39 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000004A00000BF0_at_paulinet.de>

> I don't know however if it could have broken up as low
> as 7,000 feet which also seems too low to me also.

Hi AL and List,

One of the lowest break-up points on record is that of the
Homestead, Iowa, brecciated L5 chondrite: 2.5 miles:

Between 10:20 and 10:30 p.m. on the cold winter night of Feb 12, 1875,
a tremendous ball of fire streaked across the Iowa sky from south to north.
It began to slow at an altitude of 2 1/2 miles. Great detonations were heard,
accompanied by a 'rushing, rumbling, and crashing sound.' 'The observers ...
 were quite overcome with fear ... horses shying, rearing, and plunging to get
away, and dogs retreating and barking with signs of fear.' The sight was visible
from St. Paul to St. Louis and from Omaha to Chicago, but, as is customary in
such events, the witnesses disagreed as to what they saw and heard.

Reference:

PEARL R.M. (1975) Fallen from Heaven: Meteorites and Man,
a compilation of descriptions of some 100 falls and finds.

Best regards,

Bernd

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