[meteorite-list] Incorrect trajectory in INGEMMET report & Wiki page?

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:29:09 -0400
Message-ID: <569AAC0BE7ED4949B8FDE64EA961FB2D_at_Notebook>

Marveous to have you join the Met list , Rob. Thanks for your input. This
fall is obiously unique for our time.
11,000+' and trajectory team up to present us with something special. That
together with Mike F's exploits make this one a seller's market piece. Watch
the prices on this one. They have to soar and for good reason. Sorry for all
you poor collectors like me. We may have to pass on this one.
Jerry Flaherty
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From: "Rob Matson" <mojave_meteorites at cox.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Incorrect trajectory in INGEMMET report & Wiki
page?


> Update and possible correction on the flight direction:
>
> The INGEMMET initial report and the Wikipedia entry for the Carancas
> meteorite both state that the flight direction was toward the NNE,
> but I'm wondering if they are both 180 degrees off. Here's the
> Wiki link:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Peruvian_meteorite_event
>
> The applicable sentence: "The object moved in a direction toward N030E."
> I suspect the source for this sentence is the INGEMMET initial report
> which says, "Apparent displacement azimuth of the object: towards N030E."
>
> Since the INGEMMET report got the GMT time wrong, I suppose it isn't a
> stretch to assume they reversed the direction as well (or perhaps they
> incorrectly translated from Spanish to English, replacing "from
> N030E" with "towards N030E".) Whatever the case, it clearly doesn't
> agree with this picture:
>
> http://www.signs-of-the-times.org/image/image/3376/dn12704-3_800.jpg
>
> So if this trajectory is correct, the motion is instead toward azimuth
> 210, and the meteoroid was on a *descending* node ecliptic crossing,
> not ascending. For moderate entry angles, the radiant would have been
> in Coma Berenices or Canes Venatici; Virgo for a steep entry angle;
> Bootes for a very shallow one. Still means a slow to moderate
> encounter velocity. --Rob
>
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