[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk ground plot

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:33:43 -0800 (PST)
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Hi all -

"Jonny" posted this note over at the Cosmic Tusk:

"Here is a Google Earth .kml file which shows the trajectory of the bolide as supplied by Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen?s University Belfast https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15286514/Trajectory.kml.

It denotes the 16 seconds of luminous flight, and ranges from an altitude of 91 Km down to about 15 Km. Vertical lines mark disintegration points."

VERTICAL LINES MARK DISINTEGRATION POINTS

"You can see that its angle of incidence is about 20 degrees, and has a heading of about 282 degrees. So it is coming from slightly south of east (Not northish to southish as initially reported)."

Steve Garica posted this video compilation, which has annoying music and no natural sound track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee49ZIu_dH0

About the only thing it is good for is as a checklist of videos.

If someone here has a list of the hyperlinks for original video posts at the highest resolution and with sound, that would be useful.

good hunting, all
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
Received on Fri 01 Mar 2013 07:33:43 PM PST