Hi Graham and List, it is according to Phil Bland via correspondence
'Its actually kind of aerodynamic - a fat wing'. So this has possibly lead the mass to be off course more than the predicted model. The computers usually model a brick or a sphere, but in this case it was found within approximately 400m of the line! The first find using the old film cameras was Bunburra Rockhole was pretty much found within 100m of the line! likely just down to shape differences. Wind and other factors are already accounted for. It is a wonderful and powerful step the DFN and all sky networks. It has truly taken meteoritics to a whole new level. The old system is hunter finds rock, rocks cut and classified and then sold to the four winds The new system gives us much more data and is scientifically more pure and less of a headache regarding source and provenance issues I would love to see this system to expand to areas such as Morocco, Oman and other suitable areas if geo-politics / asset safety and stability suits Cheers Ian From: Graham Ensor <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 8 January 2016 5:34 AM To: ian macleod Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Subject: Ancient meteorite 'older than Earth' from beyond orbit of Mars found at Lake Eyre yes...a wonderful video and find...looks like an oriented stone too. On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 8:02 AM, ian macleod via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks for the share, Phil told me he tore up his hand a bit digging this beauty out of the ground. What an awesome meteorite! Well done to Phil, Gretchen, Robert Howie, Luke, Lucy, Elie, Martin, Jay and all the team for there hard work! This is 21st Century meteoritics, bring it on! Rock on! Ian Macleod South Australia ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
