I am not a scientist, nor do I pretend to be, I just know the facts on the ground. EVERY witness said the meteorite came from the North, and the raised rim at the crater is on the north side. mike --- Jan Hattenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: "Sterling K. Webb" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gesendet: 07.10.07 09:27:54 > > An: "Meteorite List" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > Betreff: [meteorite-list] THE CARANCAS PERU > METEOROID IMPACT CALCULATIONS > > Hi Sterling, > > > > The north portion of the rim is higher than the > south > > portion; the impactor came from the north. The > slope > > of the crater wall on the south is less than on > the north; > > this argues a steep angle of impact for the object > (>60 > > degrees), which means that it came more or less > from > > the "top" of the sky. > > I don't get this. Should it not be the opposite? If > the impactor came from the north, I would expect the > south rim to be higher. Are there any pictures > showing the crater, the rim AND the cardinal points? > > Best regards, > > Jan > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > In 5 Schritten zur eigenen Homepage. Jetzt Domain > sichern und gestalten! > Nur 3,99 EUR/Monat! > http://www.maildomain.web.de/?mc=021114 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list