[meteorite-list] Scientists Size Up, Classify Park Forest Meteorite

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:14 2004
Message-ID: <200404151603.JAA29700_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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> "The meteorite broke up in the atmosphere, and the fragments encountered
> strong westerly winds as they fell," the authors write. "The smallest pieces
> were deflected the furthest eastward from the trajectory, and the largest
> pieces, carrying more momentum, were deflected the least."
>

This may explain the differences in what the DOD satellite saw in the trajectory,
which was incoming into Earth's atmosphere, versus what the ground observers
saw.

Ron Baalke
Received on Thu 15 Apr 2004 12:02:58 PM PDT