[meteorite-list] Hammer Question

From: Andreas Gren <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:40:53 +0200
Message-ID: <R002d2m5GG7Y7z.RZmta_at_mo-p00-ob.rzone.de>

>How about if a meteorite struck an igloo?<

As we all know, the igloo would melt immediately....





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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Greg
Stanley
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2010 19:06
An: photophlow at yahoo.com; Michael Blood
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question


Shawn:

I would say since a shed (even made out of branches) would be a "man-made
structure" so it would be a hammer.? I just have this funny feeling that a
dirt would not, but the seems the same in your description... hmmmm.

How about if a meteorite struck an igloo?

Greg S.



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> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:58:45 -0700
> From: photophlow at yahoo.com
> To: mlblood at cox.net
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hammer Question
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> Michael and Listers,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to answer my question Listers. I have one
more example. Now lets say I make a shed out of tree branches that I found
from the woods and the meteorite hits the shed, which is made of only tree
branches. Does it make it a hammer? If so that would have to hold true with
the dirt road as well. Both things are used by man, both things are
constructed by man as a tool, and both items were made of natural items,
dirt and tree branches.
>
> Why I asked this question is because I was doing some research on Lost
City meteorite fall and found this great research paper from 1971. It stated
that the main mass was found on a dirt road. I got to thinking and asked
myself, does that constitute a meteorite to be a hammer if it hits a dirt
road.....
>
> I have also read on Michael Bloods website that there had been talks about
the Lost City meteorite fall and that a chunk of the meteorite happened to
hit someones house and landed on the roof. I am wondering how small that
meteorite had to been not to go through the roof or how big it was; which
makes the Lost City meteorite fall a hammer.
>
> There is one other thing that I had noticed about the history of Lost
City. I have read in a few places that it took 10 years for the Prairie
Network system to photograph the first meteorite fall in the USA. Is that 10
years the length of time it took to photograph the first fall or 10 years
that the Prairie Network system operated for? Why I ask is because I read in
a research paper that it only took 6 years to photograph the first meteorite
fall with the Prairie Network system. Here is the link to the research
paper, page 32:
>
>
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1971SAOSR.336.....M/0000032.000.htm
l?high=4bb95d172c21075
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> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
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> Hi Shawn,
> This is a question of where one chooses to draw the line.
> I know some that consider paved road hitters to be hammers.
> I am not one of them. However, technically, it does meet the
> Criteria. In fact, technically, a dirt road would meet the
> Criteria - but not for me - but as I said, it is a personal thing.
> PS: Some people also put a great deal of value on "near misses"
> Where someone actually witnesses a stone striking near them.
> An interesting category that interests me only somewhat, but
> Really excites some others.
> Hope this "answers" the question.
> Best wishes, Michael
>
>
> On 6/15/10 11:52 PM, "Shawn Alan"  wrote:
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>
>> Hello Listers,
>
>>
>
>> Now I have a good question about hammer meteorite falls. It is said that
a
>
>> meteorite fall is a hammer fall if it hits something that is man made.
Now if
>
>> a meteorite lands on the surface of a serviced dirt road, a road made by
man
>
>> from dirt, rocks, oil to coat the road, or other processes to maintain
the
>
>> dirt road, wouldn't that constitute as being a hammer fall?
>
>>
>
>> Shawn Alan
>
>> IMCA 1633
>
>> eBaystore
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>>
http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p
43
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