[meteorite-list] possible leonid meteorite

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:51:32 -0700
Message-ID: <047601c71746$b93c8810$2721500a_at_bellatrix>

That doesn't look like a meteorite (especially not a freshly fallen
one), but even assuming it is:

-Leonids really have no chance of making it to the ground. Aside from
the fact that the material is probably fragile, it is going way to fast.
Leonids are always observed to burn up at high altitude.

-Any meteor seen exploding more or less in front of an observer (that
is, at low elevation) is certain to be very far from that observer, and
still at high altitude (100+ miles away).

In other words, if that is a meteorite, it isn't a Leonid, and it
doesn't have anything to do with the fireball reported by your
witnesses.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dunklee" <sdunklee72520 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:54 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] possible leonid meteorite


> Steve Dunklee has invited you to view 2 photos on
> Yahoo! Photos.
>
> On nov 18 at 11:15 pm Rebecca moore of Spring mill
> Arkansas was returning home from work when she observed a lime greem
> meteorite fall and explode as a bolide directly in front of her. She
> was at the top of a hill facing northwest next to a bluff that limits
> a view of the sky to a few degrees. At the same time Gary Sudol of Mt
> Pleasant arkansas ras removing his briefcase from his car two miles
> south of
> Rebecca and facing nearly north and observed the same
> fall saying it looked as if it fell right behind the hill behind the
> office. This narrowed rhe search area to around two miles away
> covering an area of around 2000 square feet. This morning being the
> first time I could search in daylight I recovered several small stones
> which test positive for nickel and stick to a magnet. The largest
> weighs 26 grams and is in the photos
> Best regards
> Steve
Received on Sun 03 Dec 2006 08:51:32 PM PST