[meteorite-list] RE: Even more of that darned Brenham

From: Steve Schoner <schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 6 11:22:31 2006
Message-ID: <20060706.082208.14745.282918_at_webmail66.nyc.untd.com>

Also,

The Brenham strewn field is very large. Almost 24 miles in extent. I
have been told that small fragments have been found west of Greensburg,
and one specimen 50 lbs that I purchased in 1986 was plowed up in a
field just outside on the east edge of Greensburg. So the angle of
incidence was very low, and the breakup spread over a large area. I
think that there are more craters that have been plowed under at the
eastern most edge of the strewn field. A hundred and fifty years ago,
the area was being farmed for the first time and what was thought to
have been "Buffalo Wallows" might very well have been impact craters.
These were all plowed under. So, that said, don't be surprised if many
more of these pesky Brenhams show up as these long gone Buffalo Wallows
are re-discovered with deep seeking detectors.

Brenhams: $$ per/lb anyone?

Steve Schoner IMCA #4470


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Thu Jul 6 10:15:29 EDT 2006

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Good morning Susan, and Folks,

Susan, no question is stupid. Consider though, that the surface of the
Earth is approximately 196,935,000 square miles. That a few meteorites
travelling in a group would be caught by Earth's gravity on successive
passes and land
in the same general area of the Earth--well, that would be extrordinarily
unlikely. Also, keep in mind that the Earth not only rotates on its axsis,
but it also revolves around the sun....so, in the 24 hours it would
take for the
Earth to spin once, allowing the State of Kansas to once again face the
general direction of the approaching "group of meteorites", Earth would
no longer
be in the sights of the "group", having moved on in its path around the
sun.

Best regards,

Paul Martyn

In a message dated 7/6/2006 10:00:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
batkol at sbcglobal.net writes:
stupid question: can the brenham fall actually be two falls. could it have

been several large stones traveling in a group, one caught by earth at one
time and the second one caught on a later pass? or is it too highly
coincidental that they both landed in kansas in the same area that makes
this impossible? thanks for indulging my ignorance. take care
susan patton
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