Hello Sterling and Rob, I found it quickly on an Atlas. That diary gave a big clue: Wadi Halfa, on the Nile, the entry point from Egypt into Sudan, and one day drive further: Station Six. about 150km by road and 100km (60 miles) in straight line south of the border. The fireball might have been visible from Aswan. Goodnight. Anne Black In a message dated 10/7/2008 12:31:08 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, All,
Another forward from Rob Matson earlier this evening, with a predicted impact point. Sterling K. Webb ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matson, Robert D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lottery? Hi Sterling, Something else you can pass along to the met list. Based on the latest telescope observations, I compute a geometrical impact point near 20.6N, 33.06E. The shallow approach is from azimuth 280, so the meteorites will fall tens of kilometers west-northwest of that location. The nearest point of civilization to the likely meteorite fall location is the tiny village of "Station Six" -- basically a railway stop and home to 10 villagers according to this web diary: http://www.southing.com/Templates/diary/diary_entries/sudan/diary_right_10dec. htm Has Mike Farmer packed his bags? ;-) I only partly jest. If he needs a little extra incentive, consider this: the minimum orbital intersection distance (MOID) for this space rock with Mars is less than a million miles. In other words, could "Station Six" be the name of the next Mars meteorite? --Rob **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
