And as fart as strong tail winds in the upper atmosphere...well, in the upper atmosphere where the air is thin enough, a hurricane speed wind might not really do much at all.
Most of the action is probably below 10 miles, or even less. Either way, resident time is probaby at least, if not more important than windspeeds. And on the average, the smaller particle the longer its up there. Heck, there are updrafts and down drafts, too. So maybe lighter particles were cycled a bit for good measure, increasing their resident flying time. Lots of possibilities, including that you might only be looking at 10% of the mass, the rest having vaporized, distribution, etc. worse maybe after altering course upon initial disintegration. Idle musings... Regarding terminology good point, convention for descriptors is probably a good idea, with words such as scattered, fragmented, disintegration pattern, etc. Saludos, Doug
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My instinct is to suggest that there was a moderate to strong tailwind in the upper atmosphere that pushed the lighter material "past" the heavier pieces so as to make it seem to have fallen in reverse pattern.
