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Hello Again, to back up my last email;
"With such a steep entry angle the biggest pieces would not
have to be at the far end of the strewn field. The momentum that caries bigger
pieces further would not be a factor, they would be rather random."
If you shoot the same rifle twice with two different
bullet weights at the same velocity at bull's-eye two hundred yards the heaver
bullet will hit higher than the smaller bullet. But, if instead you shoot the
gun at a target 25 yards away they will hit the same spot.
If you shoot the gun at the ground at a 70% angle, they will also hit the same
spot.
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:57
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
Hi List, If you think about it a second. : ) With such a
steep entry angle the biggest pieces would not have to be at the far end of
the strewn field. The momentum that caries bigger pieces further would not be
a factor, they would be rather random.
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier
The proudest member of the IMCA
6168
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:41
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
Hi Mike and List,
I am repeating what I was told by a very
informed source and I agree it doesn't make sense. Since I have only
seen three partial plots that need to be merged I can not see the reversal
effect that is being authored by another List member, maybe he will
comment. What I did notice is three large clusters or
concentrations on the plots which I found very interesting. Now that
the direction issue has been solved I wish they would have reported the
retardation altitude.
All the best,
Adam
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:31
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
The Portales Valley and Johnstown
Strewnfields were backwards.
I am confused about Park Forest though, the
larger pieces were all in the center to northern part of the strewnfield,
if the firebass came from the southwest to the northeast, would this not
make it perfectly correct?
Mike Farmer
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:17
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
Dear List Members,
It looks like some are starting to realize
the secret of the Park Forest strewnfield, it is reversed. I think
this has happened only a couple times in history. I hinted at this
in a June 15th post to the list not wanting to take the element of
surprise away from a person who is authoring a paper on this very
subject.
All the best,
Adam
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:01
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD
Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
Hello Folks,
This whole thing
has me a bit perplexed for several reasons. First, the stone my
brother and I recovered had a distinct angle of entry that I saw and
documented, and passed on to Mr. Sipiera. That trajectory definately
indicated that the offending stone came in from the S.E. and was
heading in a N.W. direction. I determined this before ever being
subjected to other theoriesof direction of entry. I also spoke with
eyewitnesses in the days that followed and all backed up that
conclusion.
On a second trip I met with a man named Atul Kumar, He
isn't a scientist but he has been gathering info on the strewn field
for the astronomy club that he is involved with. He has compiled quite
a list/map of stones that were recovered, including weights and
locations of recovery, and his map indicates the same S.E. to N.W.
direction, with the larger stones coming from the N.W. end of the
strewn field.
Of course I can't argue with the DOD satellite
observation, but it sure is contradictory to what I've been thinking
all along! The satellite indicates an entry of exactly the opposite of
what the strewn field maps look like that I have seen, and my own
recoveries, 70 gram stone in Steger, 638gram stone in P.F. indicate at
the very least a South to North trajectory, (roughly).
No matter
how you slice it, based on the DOD satellite info, the larger stones
should be south of the small ones, and this is just not the
case.
Is human error possible, between interpretation of the
satellite data and publication of said information?
Curious minds
want to know,
Larry
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