[meteorite-list] Spectacular Fireball Over Australia
From: GeoZay_at_aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:57 2004 Message-ID: <146.25c4591b.2d9ca914_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1080774420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>A MYSTERY "fireball" that fell from the sky and reportedly struck the earth so hard it shook buildings like a mini-earthquake had North Queenslanders scratching their heads last night.<< There's a good chance that a meteorite hit the ground with this fireball, but the "shook buildings..." effect was most likely airborne sonics caused by the objects passing thru the atmosphere. George Zay -------------------------------1080774420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; cha= rset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"><FONT face=3DArial>>>A MYSTERY "fireball" that fell from th= e sky and reportedly struck the <BR>earth so hard it shook buildings like a=20= mini-earthquake had North <BR>Queenslanders scratching their heads last nigh= t.<<</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>There's a good chance that a meteorite hit the ground with this firebal= l, but the "shook buildings..." effect was most likely airborne sonics cause= d by the objects passing thru the atmosphere.</DIV> <DIV>George Zay</DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1080774420-- Received on Wed 31 Mar 2004 06:07:00 PM PST |
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