[meteorite-list] Large Bolide of April 6

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:28 2004
Message-ID: <3CBF30FD.39BEE88F_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

An enthusiastic Vincent Jacques wrote:

> Bavaria Bolide: the same orbit as Pribram

Hello All!

Let's have a look at the respective velocities and orbital elements:

Pribram (H5)

Date: 1959, Apr 07, 19.30 U.T. (20.30 MEZ/21.30 MESZ)
Entry velocity: 20.9 km/s
Terminal velocity: ca. 7 km/s
End point: 13.3 km
Slope: 43°
Initial mass: 21500 kg (O.R. Norton, CEM, p. 40)
Terminal mass: 50 kg - only 5.6 kg found (O.R. Norton, CEM, p. 40)
Semimajor axis a: 2.42 AU
Eeccentricity e: 0.67
Perihelion distance q: 0.79 AU
Inclination i: 10.4°
Aphelion Q: ca. 4 AU (Hilda population)
Length of luminous trajectory: ca. 124 km


Bavarian bolide:

Date: 2002, Apr 06, 20:20 U.T. (21.20 MEZ/22.20 MESZ)
Entry velocity: 20.9 km/s
Terminal velocity: ca. 4 km/s
End point: 15.8 km
Slope: 49.5°
Initial mass: 500 kg (estimated!)
Terminal mass: 30 kg (estimated!)
Semimajor axis a: 2.4 AU
Eeccentricity e: 0.67
Perihelion distance q: 0.79 AU
Inclination i: 11.4°
Aphelion Q: 4.05 AU (Hilda population)
Length of luminous trajectory: ca. 92 km
Maximum brightness: ca. -18 (Full moon = -12 mags!)

A truly striking resemblance !!!

Bernd
Received on Thu 18 Apr 2002 04:47:57 PM PDT