[meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not A

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:26:36 -0600
Message-ID: <0a8201c7785f$fbc42330$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

The possibility was discussed. There was some question as to whether
most vandals could throw the piece hard enough (from ground level) to
rip through a magazine-like book and then through a particle board desk
top.

The big objection, of course, was the angle of the fall, which should
have been near vertical for a meteorite (outside of some very unlikely
conditions). But at the same time, the angle seemed more vertical than
you'd expect for something thrown by a person. The idea that it was
flung high and far by a piece of machinery explains things nicely (a
possibility also discussed).

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Metal Fragment That Hit Illinois Home Not
A

> I'm surprised that no one has seemed to consider the possibility
> that the metal object was simply thrown through the window by
> someone, as an act of vandalism.
>
> Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 06 Apr 2007 11:26:36 AM PDT