[meteorite-list] Strewnfield size

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 2 11:44:05 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003900002D3D_at_paulinet.de>

Paul Mc Cartney ;-) wrote:

> I'm doing some research and found a interesting anomaly. The
> strewnfield for Kendleton is 2 miles. Most strewnfields I've
> read about are normally 5-15 miles long for stone meteorites.
> Anyone heard of a 2 mile strewnfield?

Here are a few strewn field data:

Djoumine -- 4 km (= 2.6 miles) long
Juancheng - 5 km (= 3.3 miles) long and 3 km (= 2 miles) wide*
Wiluna - 4 x 2 mile strewn field
Kokubunji - 7 x 2 km (4.6 x 1.3 miles)
Thuathe - strewn field extending 7.4 by 1.9 km (4.9 x 1.26 miles)
St. Robert - 7.5 x 4 km (5.0 x 2.66 miles)
Portales Valley - elliptical strewn field approximately 7.72 km (= 5.15 miles)

*other sources: 10.5 x 4.3 km

The only one with a similar short "long axis" would be Djoumine.

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Thu 02 Dec 2004 11:43:46 AM PST