RE: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread mark ford
How the hell do you set fire to a rice field? Aren't they under 3ft of water?? Mark -Original Message- From: Ron Baalke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:57 PM To: Meteorite Mailing List Subject: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

RE: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread drtanuki
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

RE: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread Manoj Pai
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

RE: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread WAHLPERRY
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

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread Chris Peterson
Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - 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 3

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread Ron Baalke
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

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Strike Flinty Rock? Jerry - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia I have grave doubts

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Falls in Cambodia

2005-01-26 Thread Art
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 __