RE : [meteorite-list] Prospecting for meteorites

Hi, Thanks Sterling for the additionnal info about the Chinguetti meteorite story. I suggest to say that there is no more controversy about the existence of the huge mass and to stop spending time searching it. The dynamic of fall teaches that any mass larger than 200 tons will vaporize upon

Re: RE : [meteorite-list] Prospecting for meteorites

Hi, Some decades ago, John S. Lewis calculated that the largest IRON mass that could survive to reach the surface of the Earth was under 100 tons. This was making all the ideal assumptions: low entry velocity, low entry angle, flattened shape. He suggested that HOBA, which is about 60 tons,

Re: [meteorite-list] Prospecting for meteorites

Hi, For List members not familiar with the Chinguetti story, see this web page (and following pages) which recount the story: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/E/ends/meteorite1.html Theodore Monad's paper: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989CRASM.309..547M A picture of the

RE : [meteorite-list] Prospecting for meteorites

Thanks Bernd, Yes it is an amazing story. It has now been proved that this meteorite is a tale. A nice book in French Le fer de Dieu ( Actes Sud editor) explains all the searches of this object, book by Théodore Monod and Brigite Zanda. ( both Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris).