[meteorite-list] shadow of a plane

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:37 2004
Message-ID: <200212251759.JAA08705_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> I once read where a planes shadow is exactly the same size
> of the plane itself no matter how low or how high it is flying.
> Seems logical to me. So, scratch the idea of a plane flying in
> front of the Sun.

Not really. Since the person wasn't expecting the shadow, and it
passed over very quickly, I doubt very seriously he would be able
to gauge the shadow size with in particular accuracy. He would
get the impression something large passed over. And planes are
relatively large objects.

Ron Baalke
Received on Wed 25 Dec 2002 12:59:05 PM PST