Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread E
Could the pink red colour be a reflection of the sun? It usually happens during sunrise/sunset when airplane contrails turn pink and red. On 17 Feb, 2013, at 7:25, "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." wrote: > Hi Rob et al, > > I've spent several hours searching for different video footage of the > fir

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi Nick! I thought the same thing. Why so white? Ice melt! I went back and looked as some witness falls and this was different. Someone stated it was iron and that went viral in the media! And the hole in the ice! How much rounder could it be!!! And then, what's up with all the cameras! Wow!

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread karmaka
Martin Von: "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." An: Rob Matson , "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition Datum: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:25:22 +0100 Hi Rob et al, I've spent several hours searching for different video footage of t

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
Hi Rob et al, I've spent several hours searching for different video footage of the fireball, the "smoke" trail, the hole in the ice, etc. First, can anyone point me to any scientific papers which attempt to correlate: a) the color of the "smoky" tail, and/or b) the color of the "fireball" with

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Chris Spratt
If the object was a Carbonaceous type or a small comet there may not be much to find of anything. Tagish Lake fell on the ice but if it had fallen through what would be left to find? Chris. Spratt __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-arc

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Dennis Miller
The Science Channel is airing a special on the Russian meteorite event, tonight at 8:00PM. Dennis Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2013, at 2:51 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" wrote: > Hi Rob and List, > > Good points, and some of those same thoughts had crossed my mind. > Namely, where are

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Hi Rob and List, Good points, and some of those same thoughts had crossed my mind. Namely, where are the meteorites? If this had been a Sikhote Alin type of fall, we would have seen many meteorites recovered by now. Bogus eBay-offerings aside, nothing has been recovered yet - or, if any recoverie

[meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

2013-02-16 Thread Rob Matson
Hi All, Getting back to the Russian meteor itself, what I find most surprising so far is that after two full days of daylight hours to search for fragments against a fairly white background, not one meteorite has been found. The prevailing wisdom ~had~ been that this was an iron, given the deep pe