And I chimed in to note the extreme altitude removed much of the aero-breaking 
trek through the atmosphere which other meteoroids usually experience.

Elton

--- On Tue, 6/16/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Carl, Eric:
> 
> Wasn't it our own Sterling K. Webb that determined it was
> the aerodynamic shape of the Carancas meteorite that was
> responsible for the crater formation?  Something about
> the difference between a frisbee and the flat bottomed
> reentry space capsules?
> 
> Phil Whitmer 
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