very good point! even smaller pieces may have become burried. look for holes
--- On Fri, 2/10/12, Marc Fries <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Marc Fries <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] DFW event > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:53 PM > > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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
