[meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?

From: Dennis Miller <astroroks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 17:36:00 -0600
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> On Sep 8, 2014, at 2:37 PM, "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Steiner, List,
>
> I agree that it is silly to associate
> this tiny impact with 2014RC or any
> fragment or co-travelling object
> associated with it. I didn't say that,
> the comment was ascribed in the article
> to "Nicaraguan authorities," who, it
> should be said, know nothing about
> meteorites. Not saying that to insult
> them; it is simply the case.
>
> 2014RC passed beneath the plane of the
> Earth's orbit:
> http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2014+RC&orb=1
> That alone makes any connection unlikely.
>
> Unlike Carancas, which was a near-vertical
> impact (70 to 80 degrees), this appears
> to have been an impact from a lower angle,
> perhaps 30-40 degrees or so. The crater
> appears not to be perfectly circular but
> to have a "pushed-up" back wall and to be
> slightly eccentric (in the one photo).
>
>> We should wait for more evidence...
>
> Actually, ANY evidence of an impacting
> body is missing so far, other than the
> likelihood that there must have been
> one. If it had been an artillery shell
> or bomb there would be metal fragments,
> of course, but there doesn't seem to be.
>
> Sterling Webb
> ----------------------------------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Steinar Midtskogen via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:53 AM
> To: Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?
>
> Without ruling out that this is indeed a meteorite impact, I take the near
> miss of asteroid 2014 RC rather as an argument against than for.
> Given the news exposure that the asteroid has had, early investigators might
> have jumped to conclusions. We should wait for more evidence.
>
> The impact seems to have taken place about 13 hours before the closest
> approach. That places it half a million km away or so. The link seems to
> be a stretch.
>
> -Steinar
>
> "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> writes:
>
>> Kevin, List,
>>
>> It looks a great deal like the Carancas crater, although it's a little
>> smaller, about 80% of its size. The test would be:
>> are there meteorites scattered about?
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