[meteorite-list] How far away can a meteor be heard?

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:56:31 EDT
Message-ID: <c66.571ea9fa.37875f1f_at_aol.com>

We have probably 75 reports of the locations of the sonic booms here.

I suppose gathering a few thousand more reports would be handy, but it
would slow down the process of finding the rocks.

Maybe someone else who has the time to process all of them should contact
the media and request sonic boom reports be sent to them.

Steve


In a message dated 7/9/2009 9:50:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
clp at alumni.caltech.edu writes:
I have many reliable reports of people hearing sonic booms from terminal
explosions located over 30 miles above them. I can't say easily what
horizontal distance I've had reports from, but I'm sure it's more than 10
miles.

FWIW, I can hear fireworks set off about 30 miles away from my house, and
about 5000 feet higher elevation.

Chris

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