I've actually been thinking the exact same thing and it's probably a fair
comment.
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoc...@yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>; " Robert D.Matson"
<robert.d.mat...@saic.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral
Point"
Could this be why apparently so few stones have been found so far? The
hunters are actually looking at the "light" end of the field and the large
stones are still 20+ miles down range?
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Matson, Robert D. <robert.d.mat...@saic.com> wrote:
From: Matson, Robert D. <robert.d.mat...@saic.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Nothing wrong with "just west of Mineral Point"
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 11:39 AM
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-----
From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com
[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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