> So the question is.... If a meteor falls in the NV desert and nobody is there to witness it, does it still make a sound? Does it still leave meteorites on the ground?
only if meteorite hunters know, will they be found... Or by some chance out there its seen, laying all around... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr. Seuss! Sorry couldnt resist. Hope everyone is well. Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com IMCA member 4682 On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Mike Hankey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Hankey <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Nevada Meteors WAS Re: East Coast Meteor and MN > Meteor 1MAR2011 > To: "Count Deiro" <[email protected]>, "Global Meteor Observing Forum" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "drtanuki" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 2:29 PM > Count, > > At least you live in a place where the meteorites can be > easily found > when they fall. These East Coast Meteors are a real tease. > It looks > like last night's went in the ocean. > > In theory NV (or any place else in the world) should get > just as many > meteors as the east coast. I just don't think there are as > many people > out there to see them, compared to the densely populated > east coast. > > So the question is.... If a meteor falls in the NV desert > and nobody > is there to witness it, does it still make a sound? Does it > still > leave meteorites on the ground? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > P.S. The AMS website now has a 'search by state' feature. > > Here are all of the reported NV falls dating back to 2005. > > http://bit.ly/hLBeo3 (this search will only show > reports where the > witness was from the state of NV). > > You just had one recently 12/26/2010 AMS ID: 914 , that was > witnessed > by 16 people: http://bit.ly/i9fKoU > > Here's an image of the plot-able witness reports: > http://i.imgur.com/Ovsjn.jpg > > It looks like the flight path would have gone over central > CA, which I > believe is heavily covered with allsky cameras. > > If you're lucky and work hard maybe you can find a few > allsky videos > or maybe even a radar return somewhere east of Elko and > south of route > 80. > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Count Deiro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Dirk and Listers, > > > > I've been staring up at the sky for months....Haven't > seen s---. It seems more meteors are clobbering the East > Coast than bombs fell on London during WW2. It's about G-- > damn time we got a boomer out here in Nevada. One of those > big ass bolides detonating and fragging and scaring the s--- > out of the peasants. > > > > Bored....stiff. > > > > Count Deiro > > IMCA 3536 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > >>From: drtanuki <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Mar 1, 2011 7:44 PM > >>To: [email protected], > Global Meteor Observing Forum <[email protected]> > >>Subject: [meteorite-list] East Coast Meteor and MN > Meteor 1MAR2011 > >> > >>Dear List, > >>Reports are coming in about two meteors observed > tonight. > >> > >>NY, NJ, PA, VA, DC Meteor ~9:40pm EST 1MAR2011 > >>http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/03/breaking-news-ny-nj-pa-meteor-1mar2011.html > >> > >>Minn. Green Meteor 7:25pm CST 1MAR2011 > >>http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/03/kingston-mn-green-meteor-725pm.html > >> > >>Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo > >> > >> > >>______________________________________________ > >>Visit the Archives at > >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >>Meteorite-list mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list meteorobs: [email protected] > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: [email protected] > > http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
