[meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral Point"

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:45:05 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <572893.17540.qm_at_web113619.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Could this be why apparently so few stones have been found so far? The hunters are actually looking at the "light" end of the field and the large stones are still 20+ miles down range?

--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral Point"
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 11:39 AM
> Hi Dirk,
> 
> I have to agree with Richard -- I find no real fault with
> the article.
> The stone pictured does indeed look like a meteorite from
> this fall.
> "Just west of Mineral Point" is a perfectly believable
> meteorite
> landing point, particularly if "just west of" means a
> couple miles.
> 
> I don't think people appreciate how long this strewn field
> will
> eventually turn out to be. The entry angle on the meteoroid
> was
> less than 10 degrees from horizontal, and for even a
> single
> fragmentation event at an altitude of 28 km, my model
> spreads
> meteorites in the 3-gram to 10-kilo mass range over 20
> miles.
> Since there were additional fragmentations below 28 km,
> the
> strewn field is likely to be longer still.
> 
> --Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of
> Richard Kowalski
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:24 AM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award
> Wisconsin
> 
> I guess I don't see why you're calling it nutbag or
> lunacy.
> While Mineral Point does seem a too far east of Livingston,
> but the
> article states a none explicit "just west of"...
> 
> 130 grams at $20 per gram = $2600, so the value of
> "thousands"
> sounds reasonable.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
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