Hi, Rob, List,
Is anybody searching the Belmont - Darlington -
Waldwick - Mineral Point quadrangle?
That is a rhetorical question to which I expect
no answer, of course.
Using a high stack of (reasonable) assumptions,
I calculate that about 90 kilos made it to the
ground, of which the largest single fragment
could be 3-5 kg (likely) to 10 kg (iffy).
Efficiency of recovery is low, so TKW will
likely be only 5 kg (without the big one) to
10 kg (with). The last time I tried this, I
got the TKW of Moss to within 50 grams,
but one trial does not a method make.
Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert D." <robert.d.mat...@saic.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:39 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral
Point"
Hi Dirk,
I have to agree with Richard -- I find no real fault with the article.
The stone pictured does indeed look like a meteorite from this fall.
"Just west of Mineral Point" is a perfectly believable meteorite
landing point, particularly if "just west of" means a couple miles.
I don't think people appreciate how long this strewn field will
eventually turn out to be. The entry angle on the meteoroid was
less than 10 degrees from horizontal, and for even a single
fragmentation event at an altitude of 28 km, my model spreads
meteorites in the 3-gram to 10-kilo mass range over 20 miles.
Since there were additional fragmentations below 28 km, the
strewn field is likely to be longer still.
--Rob
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Kowalski
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:24 AM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] nut bag reporting award Wisconsin
I guess I don't see why you're calling it nutbag or lunacy.
While Mineral Point does seem a too far east of Livingston, but the
article states a none explicit "just west of"...
130 grams at $20 per gram = $2600, so the value of "thousands"
sounds reasonable.
What am I missing?
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
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