[meteorite-list] How big was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid?

2013-03-05 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
It might be hard to imagine what a 55-foot diameter ball or rock would look like. I searched Google Images for a 50-foot anything, and came up with this, which seemed fitting: https://web.duke.edu/isis/gessler/meteorites/chelyabinsk.htm ;-) Nick __

Re: [meteorite-list] How big was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid?

2013-03-05 Thread Michael Farmer
The news kept screwing it up, saying it was ten tons. I keep having to explain to people that this thing was the size of a 5-6 story building! Literally a building falling from the sky. So cool. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPad On Mar 5, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.

Re: [meteorite-list] How big was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid?

2013-03-05 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
Or a rubber duck! ;-) Nick __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] How big was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid?

2013-03-05 Thread Matthias Bärmann
- From: Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D. nick.gess...@duke.edu To: Meteorite Central meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 11:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] How big was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid? It might be hard to imagine what a 55-foot diameter ball or rock would look