-------------- Forward Message --------------- meteorobs-digest Monday, October 21 2002 Volume 04 : Number 1007
Contents: (meteorobs) Wife saw meteor land 5 meters from her Re: (meteorobs) Wife saw meteor land 5 meters from her ---------------- Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 00:42:12 -0700 From: "j.xavier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Wife saw meteor land 5 meters from her Hi, I'm new to the [Meteor Observer] list. My wife Pam was headed for our country home when she saw something bright in the sky coming down at an angle. This took place today 19th October 02 during the day. Anyway, she was in her fourbie and the 'sparky' ball as she called it landed 5 meters on a paddock. She was on the highway going a hundred k's at the Midland. I asked her if she could locate the sight where it fell. She said she saw it fall to the ground/hit the ground and she'd know where it is. We are based in Australia. Are there any or does anyone here know of anyone in Australia that would be interested in retreiving the object? Would it be worth studying? I'm guessing the object would be fairly small like a pebble maybe because she didn't get hurt or anything like that. I found it amazing that she was going a hundred k's and this 'sparkly' ball landed 5 meters from the highway she was on. Regards, Jax ------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:29:55 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wife saw meteor land 5 meters from her Dear Jax.... I think your wife may be spoofying you some. :o) It's not likely she's gonna see a glowing meteor hit the ground only 5 meters away and walk and talk about it. To be still glowing when it hit the ground, it would have to be fairly large to overcome the atmosphere resistance.... roughly more than 10 tons. I'd tell her that if she had put some jam in her pockets, she would have been flavored toast. George Zay ------------- End of Foward Message -------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
