[meteorite-list] FW: Seismic Data search for 6JUL09 meteor

From: Fries, Marc D <marc.d.fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:24:05 -0700
Message-ID: <C67A0825.9838%Marc.D.Fries_at_jpl.nasa.gov>

So we?ve got folks looking over the seismic data, an astronomer?s take on
the still photo, a nice .kmz by Elton... This is turning into a real ?stone
soup? fireball event. I?m diggin? it.

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On 7/9/09 11:08 AM, "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net> wrote:

> folks...
>
> my take: this putative fall is unlikely to generate a seismic signal if
> pieces hit the ground at terminal free-fall velocity (several hundred mph
> for really large chunks, much less for smaller ones).
>
> meanwhile, I've analyzed Mike Hankey's photo. assuming the bolide was 1:10
> am local time and "falling from the sky", as reports indicate, then the
> meteor segment in the image he took was centered at AZ 73?, AL 63??, and had
> a bearing toward the east-northeast horizon.
>
>
> clear skies,
> Kelly
>
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