[meteorite-list] Nakhla impact angle

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Dec 7 20:30:50 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86904EE6223_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

> Here's the entry angle of Nakhla as reported by John Ball in 1912:

> "The direction of approach of the object was from the northwest, and
> its track, marked by a column of white smoke, is said to have been
> inclined only some 30 degrees to the horizontal."

Its *TRACK*, not its impact angle. The slope of the smoke trail has
almost no relation to the impact angle. --Rob
Received on Tue 07 Dec 2004 08:26:44 PM PST