[meteorite-list] Mbale TKW

2013-01-10 Thread Prof. Zelimir Gabelica Université de Haute Alsace ENSCMu,
Hello Linton, Many thanks for the Meteorite picture of the day (Mbale). Regarding the TKW (officially 850+@~150+ kg), here is a more recent update: The TKW officially reported was recently re-evaluated (O. Popova, in: Proc. Meteoroids 2010”, Breckenridge, Co, July 2011, pp 232-254). The

Re: [meteorite-list] Mbale TKW

2013-01-10 Thread Mendy Ouzillou
Zelimir, The paper below is estimating what could possibly have hit the ground, right? TKW is an estimate or sometimes an exact weight of what has actually been found. These two are potentially very different numbers. So, it is not the TKW that should be updated. Can you clarify? Regards,

Re: [meteorite-list] Mbale TKW

2013-01-10 Thread Prof. Zelimir Gabelica Université de Haute Alsace ENSCMu,
Hi Mendy, You are perfectly right, this is not an exact weight (200-250 kg is indeed just a range). I don't have that paper but this is part of the summary I got. But it is clear that this figure is just deriving from a (here breakup) model. I am sorry for my misleading word update. By