[meteorite-list] Vitim Meteorite Was Probably A Comet
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160msg_id=3345630startrow=1date=2003-07-25do_alert=0 VITIM METEORITE WAS PROBABLY A COMET Russian Information Agency Novosti July 25, 2003 MOSCOW - Russian scientists who have investigated the place where the so-called Vitim meteorite fell presume that what hit the taiga was a small comet. The object concerned was a large celestial body with a supposed weight of about 100 tons, which at the end of September of last year fell into the basin of the Vitim River in Eastern Siberia. Witnesses claim that they saw a glowing object hurtle through the air and break up into small pieces and then heard a powerful explosion. A fire started in the place of the fall, within a radius of 3 kilometres. Because these localities are hard to reach, the investigators did not arrive there until this summer. Members of the Russian expedition said they failed to discover metal remnants in the place of the fall. Besides, the character of damage and the radiation background at the explosion epicentre are substantially different from the aftereffects of the fall of a meteorite, believe the scientists. The meteorite version is also disproved by the fact that edges of meteorites are usually fused, and fragments of the celestial body have a dense metallic structure. The fragments found by the scientists resemble sandstone and crumble in hands, one of the expedition participants Vadim Chernobrov, head of the Kosmopoisk research association, told RIA Novosti. According to him, some data, however, fail to confirm the comet theory. The local water was found to contain tritium, a special kind of radioactive hydrogen, and that is rather strange for comets, thinks Chernobrov. Although near midnight on September 24, 2002, the flying object above Eastern Siberia was registered, according to the US Defence Department, by an American military satellite, members of the Russian expedition do not rule out that they deal with a rare natural phenomenon - a giant ball lightning or an ejection of special subterranean minerals that disintegrate into water and gas. Final conclusions will be made later. The investigations on the site of the blast are continuing. As estimated by specialists, it was an explosion of such a force that if the supposed fire-ball had fallen on Moscow, half of the Russian capital would have turned into desert, a nd the other half into ruins. __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Vitim Meteorite Was Probably A Comet
Although near midnite on September 24, 2002, the flying object was registered, according to U.S. Defence Department.. Dear Ron and List, Again, keep in mind that I am asking about a possible theory or theories, considering the comparison of unconfirmed data, in all to be mentioned events. I saw a televison account with actual picture of the aftermath of the alleged Tugunsta Asteroid. The pictures I've seen of the area in the alleged Vitim Meteorite, were almost identical. Specifically, in the evidence of large area of burnt trees. ( Where does zero-velocity fit into the fiery devestation?) Anybody? Please advise? Also, I could't help but wonder in comparison, about a theory I had heard about in the event of The Great Chicago Fire, October 8, 1871. Mrs. O'Leary's Cow took the rap for this one, but one state away (north), in Wisconsin, in the city of Peshtigo, on the exact same day as Chicago, Illinois Fire, that devestated a large portion of that city, Pestigo, a lumber mill town in Northern Wisconsin, and miles of lumber country were also devestated by a fire that surrounded the city of Pestigo, and forced every living thing into the Green Bay Harbor, (Great Lakes) to attempt survival. There was a larger fatality rate in the Pestigo Fire, but was upsurped by the importance of the Chicago Fire, thus the media focussed on it, at the time. In both cases it was proclaimed that it had been an especially dry hot summer. A television documentary, (and fact that I visited Pestigo Fire Museum, while up there), gave evidense of fireballs being reported as seen, previous to both fires, with a possible 3rd. fire somewhere in Minnesota, that same day, also with previous reported fireball sightings. Much the same as fire devestation as in Tugunsta, and Vitim. events. If anyone has heard or can enlighten me about the verification of fireball sightings , or any info. on the fires in Chicago, Il., and Peshtio,Wi., on October 8, 1871, please contact me off-list if that is necessary, because of the possible controversy, and Bandwidth situation . Best Regards, Marcie __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Vitim Meteorite Was Probably A Comet
Dear List, So sorry, upon further investigation, I realized I had spelled the name of the City, Peshtigo, (not Pestigo, as I wrote previously ), Wisconsin, wrong. Please excuse this error. Regards, Marcie __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
