How the hell do you set fire to a rice field? Aren't they under 3ft of
water??
Mark
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From: Ron Baalke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:57 PM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia
Dear Mark and List,
During this season it is the dry season in that
part of Cambodia, as well as much of S.E. Asia. The
rice crop is about ready for harvest; and therefore
the paddies would be dry.
There is no argument for a meteorite causing a
fire. Perhaps there is another reason for the
3 inches is the most likely. Sometimes they are about
6 inches under water, but the stalk, ear and the paddy
are well above the water. (The plants are not entirely
submurged under water.) Maybe these were the ones that
caught fire.
We had a similar fall of the Kendrapara meteorite, in
Orissa in
Hi Dirk,
There is no argument for a meteorite causing a
fire.
I read your comments about a meteorite causing a fire. Can this really happen?
Last summer there were a couple of reports of a fireball or meteor going down
in a area east of Vegas. All the reports put this in the same area. The
Peterson
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From: Manoj Pai [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia
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I have grave doubts that anything on the ground was burned because of a
meteorite fall. There is simply no way to get a meteorite to the ground hot
without it retaining cosmic velocity, which means you would have a cratering
event.
That's true. Any meteorite that is still ablating when
Strike Flinty Rock? Jerry
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From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia
I have grave doubts
I would imagine that area could still be littered with landmines from
the war? The fall hitting a landmine could account for the villager's
reports of hearing a noise like a bomb exploding and subsequent
fire. What are the chances of that?
-Art
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