[meteorite-list] Fw: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lottery?

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:30:55 -0500
Message-ID: <004701c92846$41993070$264de146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, All,

Another forward from Rob Matson earlier
this evening, with a predicted impact point.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:37 PM
Subject: Will 10 villagers of Station Six win the space lottery?


Hi Sterling,

Something else you can pass along to the met list. Based on the
latest telescope observations, I compute a geometrical impact
point near 20.6N, 33.06E. The shallow approach is from
azimuth 280, so the meteorites will fall tens of kilometers
west-northwest of that location. The nearest point of
civilization to the likely meteorite fall location is the tiny
village of "Station Six" -- basically a railway stop and home
to 10 villagers according to this web diary:

http://www.southing.com/Templates/diary/diary_entries/sudan/diary_right_10dec.htm

Has Mike Farmer packed his bags? ;-) I only partly jest. If he
needs a little extra incentive, consider this: the minimum orbital
intersection distance (MOID) for this space rock with Mars is less
than a million miles. In other words, could "Station Six" be the name
of the next Mars meteorite? --Rob
Received on Tue 07 Oct 2008 02:30:55 AM PDT