Hi All,

Thanks for the replies. It sounds like a sonic boom my be a determining factor in recovering meteorites and which fireballs to chase.

Sonny


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Sent: Tue, Mar 29, 2011 11:41 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom


Curious... I know there are many variables involved, and it probably varies with the conditions under which each event occurs, but I've read that some people have heard sonic booms (as low boom/rumbles) up to 50 miles away or more.Couldn't one figure out that distance by calculating altitude of any given bolide and air pressure/temp during the time of the event, (since it affects the sound waves at different elevations) to determine how far from the epicenter someone could here the sonic boom?I'm seriously curious about this.Regards,EricOn 3/29/2011 3:30 PM, Richard Kowalski wrote:> I'd be very interested to know if people beyond the heavy end of these falls heard the sonic boom?>> --> Richard Kowalski> Full Moon Photography> IMCA #1081>>> --- On Tue, 3/29/11, Bernd V. Pauli<[email protected]> wrote:>> >> From: Bernd V. Pauli<[email protected]>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom>> To: [email protected]>> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 2:03 PM>> Hello Sonny, Steve, and List,>>>> Steve: "with Park Forest there were sonic booms reported by>> many in the area">>>> Meteor blazes path to Park Forest (by Joseph Sjostrom and>> Nancy>> Ryan - Tribune staff reporters) - March 27, 2003, 1:20 PM>> CST:>>>> "... Garza said he was in bed when he heard his>> dog barking and what sounded like *thunder*.">>>> "We all heard a *sound* about two minutes after. It was>> like a *sonic boom*.">>>>>> Best wishes from the happy owner of five gorgeous Park>> Forest>> meteorites, all of which were kindly given to me by Steve>> Witt>> and are, of course, still in my collection where they will>> stay>> for good! Steve, thank you once again for these beauties!>>>> Bernd>>>>>> ______________________________________________>> 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>> ______________________________________________Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list mailing [email protected]http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li
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