Hello All, Look how small the fins are on the Saturn v rockets or how small the rudder, flaps or ailerons are on the space shuttle or plane, it does not take a lot to interrupt strait flight. I believe in the corkscrew! Thanks, Tom The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Schoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Marco Langbroek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; meteorite list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pasamonte ("corkscrewing" meteorites)
> Well then, if meteors cannot corkscrew what about > those that appear to break off and change direction > slightly in the lumionous phase? > > If they can do that, then corkscrewing caused by a > flat surface spiraling in the same phase is not out of > the question. > > I am certain that I read in some of the Nininger notes > that the Pasamonte fireball did appear to "corkscrew" > and it was not the train, but the fireball itself. > > Steve Schoner/AMS > > > > --- Marco Langbroek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Schoner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > I think that a person took a famous photo of the > > > Pasamonte fireball as it was happening with a > > camera. > > > According to him, and Nininger who reported it, it > > > corkscrewed in flight. > > > > > > Steve Schoner/AMS > > > > Hi Steve and others, > > > > I am not convinced by the Pasamonte photograph, as > > it is pertinent to know > > how this photograph came about. At first, it is > > likely that this photograph > > does not show the Pasamonte fireball as is assumed, > > but rather the extremely > > bright persistent train it left. This was argued in > > 1950 by C.C. Wylie in > > Pop. Astronomy, for good reasons. > > > > The photograph was taken by a ranch foreman. He was > > inside the house when > > allerted by a bright flash outside. He picked up his > > camera, went outside to > > a spot with clear view, and took the picture. He > > actually opened the shutter > > while still walking. > > > > I want to point out: > > > > 1. That it is clear that this thus is a picture that > > was not taken from a > > steady tripod, but with a handheld moving camera > > with the shutter opened > > while the camera was moved. Hence, the corkscrew > > appearance in the picture > > is at least partly, if not whole, an artifact of the > > camera movement while > > the exposure was made; > > > > 2. Given the sequence related, it is likely that it > > pictures the bright > > persistent train rather than the fireball itself. > > > > - Marco Langbroek / Dutch Meteor Society > > > > > __________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list