Howdy all
There has been a great deal of discussion and analysis on the 02 Feb event over the DFW metroplex. I just wanted to re-iterate a specific point. There seems to be consensus that this event generated a very small number of meteorites, probably to include a single mass of ~30-40 kg. I just want to point out for the sake of anyone "on the ground" that such a mass would have struck the ground moving at over 300 mph. I'd be looking for a substantial impact pit rather than small meteorites scattered on the ground. I'll link my blog post here, and it contains links to other analyses. Bill Cooke's detailed analysis and strewn field estimation is worth particular notice: http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/tx-dfw-area-02-feb-2012-0157-utc/ Cheers, Marc Fries ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
