>>The absence of one, however, probably shouldn't be taken as an indicator that they were not, since a meteor can still end (without complete ablation) high enough that no sonic boom will reach the ground.<<
Wouldn't these(meteorites) that are high enuf that no sonic boom will reach the ground end up being rather small meteorites? This because a small meteorite will be slowed down rather quickly higher up. The larger meteorites having more momentum to carry it on down to the lower atmosphere will still have a velocity fast enuf to produce the big thunder like sonics? GeoZay ______________________________________________ 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
