[meteorite-list] Orientation and flow-lines - illustrated

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <865812.35829.qm_at_web33106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Yes, this is one of the most spectacular oriented iron
meteorites on the planet. I will be at the Smithsonian
in a few days, and hope to hold this piece.
Michael Farmer
--- Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks! :)
>
> Recently there was renewed discussion about what
> exactly should be described as "flow lines" or
> "orientation" - and several examples were offered
> that depicted orientation/flow (or lack of).
>
> With that in mind, I ran across this today :
>
> http://mineralsciences.si.edu/captions/grosvenor.htm
>
> I think this example clearly illustrates both terms
> -
> and it's simply beautiful to look at. ;)
>
> Regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:10:51 +0200
> > From: Lasse Lindh <3l at comhem.se>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Rock on the ground
> or
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> > Hi Steve
> >
> > No it turned weaker gradually in a smooth way. No
> > sudden variations or
> > flashes.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Lasse
> >
> >
> > Steve Dunklee skrev:
> > > Did it go out then flare up again several times
> or
> > > just go dim? The one that almost hit my truck
> was
> > at
> > > dusk so when it finally went out after flaring
> up
> > > several times it glowed dim before turning dark.
> > then
> > > came at me like a line drive softball. I could
> > still
> > > see it because the setting sun was behind it
> over
> > the
> > > horizon and it was light enough out i had just
> > turned
> > > my lights on but could see kids playing
> > basketball.
> > > the whole event also seemed like ten seconds to
> > me.
> > > One that fell near my house a few years ago
> > came
> > > nearly strait down then spiraled like a piece of
> > wood
> > > on fire lighting up the trees on the hill behind
> > it as
> > > it flared up and went out before going out. My
> son
> > and
> > > a friend of his found it several days later in a
> > sand
> > > bar buried about a foot and a half deep.
> > > A good way to picture a meteorite fall is to
> > stick a
> > > CD in an apple at a 30 degree angle with the
> stem
> > > north and the end point of the CD at the
> equator.
> > > If you consider the plane of the CD as the
> > orbital
> > > plane of the meteorite. the meteorite will not
> > deviate
> > > from this plane very much until it has reached
> > > terminal velocity. a person viewing from the
> stem
> > may
> > > view the fall as Western in direction. a person
> > > viewing from the plane of the orbit will see a
> > strait
> > > down fall. a person viewing from the southwest
> > will
> > > see a fall traveling to the northeast.a person
> > under
> > > the fall will see it travel east to west.
> > > as an example people in Burlingame Kansas saw
> the
> > > Paragould meteorite fall strait down. people in
> St
> > > Louis saw it fall Southwest. people in Kentucky
> > saw it
> > > fall east to west and people in Batesville Ark
> saw
> > it
> > > fall in a northwesterly direction. Amazing since
> > > Paragould is nearly parallel with Batesville.
> > >
> > >
>
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