[meteorite-list] Cali meteorite fall trajectory and offset ofdamage.

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:55:10 -0600
Message-ID: <005a01c7d209$9fc03160$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

Agreed, it doesn't seem that such light stones should be able to
penetrate the roofs. It would be interesting to experiment with an air
cannon and figure out just what velocity is required for that kind of
energy. The material evidence of the fall does suggest that the
components still carried some of their original velocity, but I can't
see any mechanism by which such small stones could retain that over 30
km of low altitude travel. All very interesting.

Chris

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Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cali meteorite fall trajectory and offset
ofdamage.


I don't think so, as it should have then been seen to
explode over Cali, and from what I gather, the largest
explosions were at least 30 km north of the city, but
I dont know. Isn't is odd though, that three of the
four home smashers weighed less than 100 grams, and
two of the four weighed less than 50 grams? They still
had enough velocity to damage tile floors and even
dent a metal refigerator. I doubt many people could
throw a 38 gram stone and dent the steel of that
fridge. That is after ripping through the metal
rooftop. From all accounts, the body entering the
atmosphere must have been very large indeed to cause
explosions loud enough to shatter windows.
Michael Farmer
I only report what we found, the science I leave up to
those smarter than me.
Received on Sun 29 Jul 2007 01:55:10 PM PDT