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

From: Steve Witt <stelor96_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <869773.50239.qm_at_web56401.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Hi Jason,

If I may ask, what are you basing this on?

thanx,
Steve


Steve Witt
IMCA #9020
http://imca.cc/


--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral Point"
> To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 1:54 PM
> Not really - with every large,
> fragmented fall there are almost always
> more smaller rather than larger stones.
> In other words, while they may be at the "light" end of
> the
> strewnfield, meteorite density is probably going to be the
> greatest
> there.
> Regards,
> Jason
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 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-----
> >> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> >> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> >> 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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