[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In Australia?

From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:39 2004
Message-ID: <20030616005131.71048.qmail_at_web12706.mail.yahoo.com>

Also, Pasamonte, NM corkscrewed as it came down.

Steve Schoner/AMS


--- Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> Hi, I have to dissagree with the scientists on that
> one, Meteorites do
> indeed corkscrew. Portales Valley was witnessed by
> quite a few people, and
> even from the air, and it corkscrewed nicely. I am
> sure that when breaking
> up, depending on the shape of the fractures, it
> could easily throw the
> aerodynamics off to make the corkscrew descent.
> Mike Farmer
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> Australia?
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> >
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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6599319%255E2862,0
> 0.html
> >
> > Space object crashes
> > By NICOLE COX
> > Herald Sun (Australia)
> > June 15, 2003
> >
> > A SPACE object, possibly a meteorite, has hit near
> Mildura.
> >
> > Timber cutter Ross Hadenfeldt said he was working
> on a property in Euston,
> about 100km
> > southeast of Mildura, on June 4 when he saw what
> he thought was a
> meteorite at 7.25pm.
> >
> > "It was green, red, orange and yellow, and its
> edges were bright white
> flashes," Mr
> > Hadenfeldt said.
> >
> > He it was about 200m long, with the tail
> fishtailing and corkscrewing.
> >
> > The object would have landed between Mildura and
> Mt Dispersion, he said.
> >
> > Mr Hadenfeldt said he had seen four similar
> bright-light sightings
> > in the past two years, but none as significant as
> this.
> >
> > Sunraysia Stargazers secretary Kerry Needs said a
> meteorite could
> > draw people to the area keen to find fragments and
> pinpoint exactly
> > where it hit.
> >
> > Astronomical Society of Victoria president Perry
> Vlahos said it
> > was unlikely it was a meteorite.
> >
> > "Corkscrewing is not something meteorites usually
> do," Mr Vlahos
> > said. "If this was corkscrewing, it is more likely
> it was something
> > terrestrial or a satellite breaking up on
> re-entry."
> >
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