Good morning Susan, and Folks, Susan, no question is stupid. Consider though, that the surface of the Earth is approximately 196,935,000 square miles. That a few meteorites travelling in a group would be caught by Earth's gravity on successive passes and land in the same general area of the Earth--well, that would be extrordinarily unlikely. Also, keep in mind that the Earth not only rotates on its axsis, but it also revolves around the sun....so, in the 24 hours it would take for the Earth to spin once, allowing the State of Kansas to once again face the general direction of the approaching "group of meteorites", Earth would no longer be in the sights of the "group", having moved on in its path around the sun.
Best regards, Paul Martyn In a message dated 7/6/2006 10:00:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: stupid question: can the brenham fall actually be two falls. could it have been several large stones traveling in a group, one caught by earth at one time and the second one caught on a later pass? or is it too highly coincidental that they both landed in kansas in the same area that makes this impossible? thanks for indulging my ignorance. take care susan patton ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
