[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1955 La Paz and Ice Meteorites
From: GeoZay_at_aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:45 2004 Message-ID: <95.34fdaa0c.2cdd1cb7_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1068221111 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/7/2003 7:46:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, thebigcollector_at_msn.com writes: >>La Paz said an ice projectile could be shot from a plane at high altitude many miles away from the United States. Moving at sufficiently high speed, it would appear from the ground much like a meteor or shooting star.<< What would be sufficient speed to appear like a meteor? If it was in earth orbit, and left any visible trace it would appear like a satellite....real slow. How would the ice cubes propel themselves? GeoZay -------------------------------1068221111 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 11/7/2003 7:46:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, thebigco= llector_at_msn.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"> <P><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>>>La Paz said an ice projectile could= be shot from a plane at high altitude many miles away from the United State= s. Moving at sufficiently high speed, it would appear from the ground much l= ike a meteor or shooting star.<<</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>What would be sufficient speed to appear like a meteor? If it was in ea= rth orbit, and left any visible trace it would appear like a satellite....re= al slow. How would the ice cubes propel themselves? </DIV> <DIV>GeoZay</DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1068221111-- Received on Fri 07 Nov 2003 11:05:11 AM PST |
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