[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk at White House today

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:32:41 -0600
Message-ID: <515124E9.6070504_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

The time delay between the airburst and the shock arriving at the
ground, directly beneath the burst, was about 90 seconds (not 11),
making the height about 28 km.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 3/25/2013 10:31 PM, Don Merchant wrote:
> Really interesting video. I did notice that when the major
> flashes/bursts/explosions of the meteorite ends, it takes aproxamentally
> 11 seconds for the shock wave to hit. Any geniuses out there able to get
> a rough idea how far or high in the sky the meteorite was when it exploded?
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
Received on Tue 26 Mar 2013 12:32:41 AM PDT