The angle of impact truly tells very little. When I arrived on Winslow St. in Park Forest 90% of the fragments that shattered from a multi kilo individual that impacted in the street landed on the south side of the St. So I assumed that the meteorite had come from the north. Then a few weeks later a local called me and showed me a 1243 gram individual that he pulled out of the ground. He also said that the impact hole wasn't completely vertical. The meteorite impacted on a 70 degree angle as though it came from the north. Obviously very strange considering the meteor came from the southwest.
Bob Evans ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery object in photo > > > > I would argue that determining the angle of a fall from the sort of dent it > > makes in a car is far from a precise science! To my own eye, the dent in the > > Peekskill car appears to have been made by something striking largely from > > above, not at any sort of shallow angle. > > Peekskill was more than a dent, it went competely through the car! It left > a sizable hole through the trunk. I've seen the car in person, and the angle > of the hole is clearly at a non-vertical angle. Also, the meteorite just > missed the gas tank just by a few inches! > > Ron Baalke > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
