the radar returns the little stuff that falls like rain. The main mass is 6 or
more miles away in the french curve of the fall
Cheers
Steve
--- On Tue, 5/8/12, Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com wrote:
From: Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] The bet - Sutter Mill
The other day at breakfast with Dr. Peter Jenniskens, I bet him a $1
that this meteor went Puff during the explosion (three break ups???),
blowing
and burning it to less than dust where no big stones (Kilo sized) are going
to be found.
Nothing I can see in the strewn (on the ground) really even
This is a fragile meteorite, while there is little doubt that the strew field
is large and thousands of pieces are on the ground, I also believe that there
are unlikely to be many larger pieces. I think most of it shattered into dust
and small pieces. It is much more fragile than Murchison or
Hi Gang,
I think this theory is not too far off the mark. Imagine if Tagish
Lake had been smaller pieces and spread out over the Sutter's Mill
strewnfield. Much of it would be pulverized. Did anyone catch any
photos of the dust cloud? I've seen some photos, but nothing yet that
shows a dust
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