[meteorite-list] Park Forest Fireball Question

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Mar 8 15:58:59 2006
Message-ID: <20060308205851.84573.qmail_at_web53213.mail.yahoo.com>

Greetings and Salutations Geoff and List Members,
 
  A rhetorical question, but what is "higher than
normal velocity (for a meteorite "fall")? We assume
that the velocity for most "falls" to be at
gravitational velocity, but I suspect that this is an
incorrect assumption based on speculation and not
fact. Very few "falls" have someone with a stopwatch
observing (timing) the fall velocity. Even the use of
the word "fall" is perhaps a slightly incorrect use of
the word, since the word "fall" indicates or assumes
that the object is falling at gravational velocity.
  Not much sleep, so am a bit punchy this early
morning; and the Leno headline (Thanks Paul!!!) set me
off with a whacky frame of mind too early in the
morning. LOL!
 Have a good afternoon and evening, Dirk...Tokyo

PS. Geoff is the Paleolist getting any traffic? I
have not been getting any postings recently.

--- Notkin <geoking_at_notkin.net> wrote:

> Greetings All:
>
> Anyone know if a study has been made regarding
> velocity of the Park
> Forest fireball? I read/heard somewhere that the PF
> fireball was
> thought to be traveling at a "higher than normal
> velocity." Any more
> info on that, or any links to a published work
> regarding its entry
> velocity? This is research for something I'm
> writing.
>
> Any info much appreciated, even theories or
> speculation.
>
> I also heard the sonic boom here in Tucson last
> night, which Mike
> Farmer reported. Didn't see anything in the papers
> this morning,
> though.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff N.
> www.aerolite.org
>
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