[meteorite-list] Updated Lorton trajectory

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:39:05 -0700
Message-ID: <565D611C589845C8B7FDDD8C0554440B_at_bellatrix>

Sounds like you swapped the latitudes and longitudes. A latitude of -77 will
place you nicely inside Antarctica regardless of the longitude.

Chris

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Alan" <photophlow at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:25 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Updated Lorton trajectory


Rob and Listers,

When I put these coordinates in from the new estimated impact predictions
for the Lortan meteorite in google maps, the new impact sites are in
Antarctica. Am I doing something wrong or is there a number off in the
coordinates that's giving me a wrong location?

Shawn Alan

Mass Longitude Latitude Distance Bearing
----- --------- -------- -------- -------
3 g -77.1383 38.7130 4.05 77.9
10 g -77.1635 38.7104 2.68 75.5
30 g -77.1804 38.7077 1.75 74.0
100 g -77.1976 38.7043 0.80 71.8
300 g -77.2116 38.7007 -0- N/A
1 kg -77.2282 38.6965 0.94 252.1
3 kg -77.2415 38.6923 1.72 250.2
10 kg -77.2560 38.6874 2.57 249.0
Received on Thu 28 Jan 2010 12:39:05 AM PST