[meteorite-list] Even more of that darned Brenham

From: LITIG8NSHARK_at_aol.com <LITIG8NSHARK_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 6 10:15:40 2006
Message-ID: <392.69476c3.31de7501_at_aol.com>

Good morning Susan, and Folks,

Susan, no question is stupid. Consider though, that the surface of the
Earth is approximately 196,935,000 square miles. That a few meteorites
travelling in a group would be caught by Earth's gravity on successive passes and land
in the same general area of the Earth--well, that would be extrordinarily
unlikely. Also, keep in mind that the Earth not only rotates on its axsis,
but it also revolves around the sun....so, in the 24 hours it would take for the
 Earth to spin once, allowing the State of Kansas to once again face the
general direction of the approaching "group of meteorites", Earth would no longer
be in the sights of the "group", having moved on in its path around the sun.

Best regards,

Paul Martyn

In a message dated 7/6/2006 10:00:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
batkol_at_sbcglobal.net writes:
stupid question: can the brenham fall actually be two falls. could it have
 
been several large stones traveling in a group, one caught by earth at one
time and the second one caught on a later pass? or is it too highly
coincidental that they both landed in kansas in the same area that makes
this impossible? thanks for indulging my ignorance. take care
susan patton
Received on Thu 06 Jul 2006 10:15:29 AM PDT