[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:56:28 -1000
Message-ID: <722F5553-6BBB-4E7A-81E7-EA8C042CBAA7_at_mac.com>

or ... "if a meteor produces a sonic boom, but nobody is there to hear it, does it still drop meteorites?" ;^)

gary

On Mar 29, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Robert Woolard wrote:

>> From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom
>>>
>> Thanks Frank...never knew there were any sizable
>> meteorites recovered from
>> falls without any sonic booms reported. I bet there were
>> some for those
>> above, but there probably weren't people in the right
>> places to hear it.
>> GeoZay
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> So,
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> Like the old question goes:
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> If a meteorite falls and makes a sonic boom, but nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a sound? ;-)
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> Best wishes,
> Robert Woolard
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