[meteorite-list] When the Moon hits your eye like a really, really, really big pizza pie

From: Mr EMan <mstreman53_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:39:48 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <767941.47682.qm_at_web55204.mail.re4.yahoo.com>

And I chimed in to note the extreme altitude removed much of the aero-breaking trek through the atmosphere which other meteoroids usually experience.

Elton

--- On Tue, 6/16/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Carl, Eric:
>
> Wasn't it our own Sterling K. Webb that determined it was
> the aerodynamic shape of the Carancas meteorite that was
> responsible for the crater formation?? Something about
> the difference between a frisbee and the flat bottomed
> reentry space capsules?
>
> Phil Whitmer
Received on Tue 16 Jun 2009 10:39:48 PM PDT