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

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:30:03 +1000
Message-ID: <A843500E8DA548F4B0CBD067A1164A95_at_JeffPC>

I've actually been thinking the exact same thing and it's probably a fair
comment.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; " Robert D.Matson"
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral
Point"


> 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
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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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