[meteorite-list] Pasamonte ("corkscrewing" meteorites)

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:39 2004
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B31D816_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

Hi all,

If meteorites don't corkscrew then why aren't they all fully orientated?
Surely the fact that they are irregular in shape and show flow lines all
over the place implies that they had a turbulent flight, therefore they
must have spun/spiraled ?


Cheers,

Mark Ford.
Received on Tue 17 Jun 2003 05:08:20 AM PDT