[meteorite-list] Carancas Bull

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:26:56 EDT
Message-ID: <cfb.50fa86f0.36eeb080_at_aol.com>

>>Does anyone know whether shock waves crated by an object the size of
Carancas could have been sufficient to have killed a nearby bull?<<

I don't have a clue as to how big the Carancas object would have been, but
factoring in the objects velocity upon impact, I'd guess there would have been
a big whallop. I can't help comparing the effects of the rock slide in
Yosemite National Park ten or so years ago. In that incident, the rock that
suddenly sloughed off the cliff a thousand or two feet up caused one heck of a
concussion. No doubt there was a lot, lot more material to come off that cliff
than what the Carancas impactor was. But when the Yosemite rocks hit the
ground, the concussion itself blew over many large trees...some 3 or 4 feet in
diameter. I don't know the exact figures, but I feel comfortable in thinking that
the Carancas shock waves could have been sufficient to kill a bull if it was
of close proximity.
GeoZay

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Received on Sun 15 Mar 2009 03:26:56 PM PDT