[meteorite-list] Rare Meteorite Strikes Roof in Norway

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:09:03 -0600
Message-ID: <4F5E2DAF.8060308_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

I think it is very likely that the majority of meteorites are not
preceded by fireballs, or not by particularly impressive ones.

There is a difference between the well supported assertion that most
slow, bright fireballs produce meteorites, and the unsupported assertion
that most meteorites derive from parent bodies that produced substantial
meteors.

(There's no way a stone this size was traveling 1000 kph when it
impacted; maybe a third of that at most. Not that the terminal speed is
relevant to any details of the meteor event, however.)

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 3/12/2012 9:44 AM, MstrEman wrote:
> Hummm,,, Strikes the ground at up to1000kph and not a single fireball
> or sonic boom report? Is this a new twist to the current wisdom about
> meteorite producing events?
>
>
> Elton
Received on Mon 12 Mar 2012 01:09:03 PM PDT