Hi All, Peter Brown explained:
"The first of these references is from an early solution using eyewitness only data. The second solution is the more accurate as it uses satellite data to make the estimate of the entry angle." I saw the discrepancy and assumed one was an early estimate. The TKW on St. Robert (ordinary chondrite) was 25.4 kg according to the Catalogue of Meteorites. Note the fairly slow estimated entry velocity: "A statistical evaluation of the likely heliocentric orbits for the body prior to collision with the Earth, coupled with theoretical modeling of the entry, suggests an entry velocity in the range of 12.7-13.3 km/s ..." The minimum possible is around 11 km/sec. --Rob ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
