[meteorite-list] What is this?

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:57:48 -0700
Message-ID: <0AB1BC38-C41A-4978-9C71-4B8CCD968333_at_meteoriteguy.com>

I doubt any "rocks" were aboard the Mir space station:) So regardless of where it came down the whole story is idiotic.
Michael Farmer

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On Jun 16, 2013, at 11:50 PM, Jodie Reynolds <spacerocks at spaceballoon.org> wrote:

> Not buying it, at least not at face value. Quite literally "doesn't add up".
>
> It would have to survive at least another five orbits after Mir broke
> up. And it would have been a very light piece. That's five orbits
> AFTER its OBSERVED reentry!
>
> My simulation puts it within a few kilometers altitude of the US
> Army's tracking on Kwajalein Atoll, so I figure I can't be too far
> off, this is what the final track + 4 more orbits would have looked
> like. Even in that last orbit, it would have to be pretty perturbed
> to make it there! My atmospheric interface is based on archived
> data, but out there, the data isn't fantastic -- hence the probable
> reason I'm at 128km vs the actual 120km significant interface, and why I'm at 93km when
> the US Army's observation is at 90km.
>
> If you told me it was found in Fiji, Australia, New Zealand - I'd
> probably take a closer look at it. East Coast of the US? Psh. No.
>
> Here's my reentry model + 4 orbits
> http://spaceballoon.org/mir-reentry.png
>
> --- Jodie
>
> Sunday, June 16, 2013, 9:39:41 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>
>> There is something about this object that doesn't seem to add up.
>> The claim is that it is a "piece" of an old "Mir" space station.
>> http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/06/14/rock-found-in-amesbury-backyard-came-from-space-station/
>> Comments?
>
>> Cordially,
>
>> Count Deiro
>> IMCA 3536 MetSoc
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