Hello Sonny and Listmembers, Interesting. Perhaps the sound waves travel around the epicenter (anything located directly beneath) as they move towards the ground. I imagine circular rings moving expanding in an outward direction as they travel to the Earths surface. The higher the altitude of breakup, the larger the rings will be when they "touch down"... and the further away one must be from the center to actually hear the sonic booms. This is just a guess. Anyone with more knowledge care to elaborate on this hypothesis?
Ryan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:03:07 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [meteorite-list] Sonic Boom Hi All, I had a chance to talk to Skip Wilson about the Portales Fall. The occupants of two of the nearby residences (about a half mile apart) sitting directly under the main break up did not hear anything. One of the residents happened to be working outside when the meteorite broke apart. Interestingly enough the Portales residents who were situated directly behind and in front of the break up heard two distinct sonic booms. Sonny ______________________________________________ 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
