Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Could the pink red colour be a reflection of the sun? It usually happens during sunrise/sunset when airplane contrails turn pink and red. On 17 Feb, 2013, at 7:25, Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D. nick.gess...@duke.edu wrote: Hi Rob et al, I've spent several hours searching for different video

[meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Hi All, Getting back to the Russian meteor itself, what I find most surprising so far is that after two full days of daylight hours to search for fragments against a fairly white background, not one meteorite has been found. The prevailing wisdom ~had~ been that this was an iron, given the deep

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Hi Rob and List, Good points, and some of those same thoughts had crossed my mind. Namely, where are the meteorites? If this had been a Sikhote Alin type of fall, we would have seen many meteorites recovered by now. Bogus eBay-offerings aside, nothing has been recovered yet - or, if any

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The Science Channel is airing a special on the Russian meteorite event, tonight at 8:00PM. Dennis Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob and List, Good points, and some of those same thoughts had crossed my mind.

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

If the object was a Carbonaceous type or a small comet there may not be much to find of anything. Tagish Lake fell on the ice but if it had fallen through what would be left to find? Chris. Spratt __ Visit the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Hi Rob et al, I've spent several hours searching for different video footage of the fireball, the smoke trail, the hole in the ice, etc. First, can anyone point me to any scientific papers which attempt to correlate: a) the color of the smoky tail, and/or b) the color of the fireball with the

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Gessler, Ph.D. nick.gess...@duke.edu An: Rob Matson mojave_meteori...@cox.net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition Datum: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:25:22 +0100 Hi Rob et al, I've spent several hours

Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteor composition

Hi Nick! I thought the same thing. Why so white? Ice melt! I went back and looked as some witness falls and this was different. Someone stated it was iron and that went viral in the media! And the hole in the ice! How much rounder could it be!!! And then, what's up with all the cameras!