Also, Pasamonte, NM corkscrewed as it came down. Steve Schoner/AMS
--- Michael Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I have to dissagree with the scientists on that > one, Meteorites do > indeed corkscrew. Portales Valley was witnessed by > quite a few people, and > even from the air, and it corkscrewed nicely. I am > sure that when breaking > up, depending on the shape of the fractures, it > could easily throw the > aerodynamics off to make the corkscrew descent. > Mike Farmer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Meteorite Mailing List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 3:59 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall In > Australia? > > > > > > > > > http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6599319%255E2862,0 > 0.html > > > > Space object crashes > > By NICOLE COX > > Herald Sun (Australia) > > June 15, 2003 > > > > A SPACE object, possibly a meteorite, has hit near > Mildura. > > > > Timber cutter Ross Hadenfeldt said he was working > on a property in Euston, > about 100km > > southeast of Mildura, on June 4 when he saw what > he thought was a > meteorite at 7.25pm. > > > > "It was green, red, orange and yellow, and its > edges were bright white > flashes," Mr > > Hadenfeldt said. > > > > He it was about 200m long, with the tail > fishtailing and corkscrewing. > > > > The object would have landed between Mildura and > Mt Dispersion, he said. > > > > Mr Hadenfeldt said he had seen four similar > bright-light sightings > > in the past two years, but none as significant as > this. > > > > Sunraysia Stargazers secretary Kerry Needs said a > meteorite could > > draw people to the area keen to find fragments and > pinpoint exactly > > where it hit. > > > > Astronomical Society of Victoria president Perry > Vlahos said it > > was unlikely it was a meteorite. > > > > "Corkscrewing is not something meteorites usually > do," Mr Vlahos > > said. "If this was corkscrewing, it is more likely > it was something > > terrestrial or a satellite breaking up on > re-entry." > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
