[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:02:06 +1100
Message-ID: <E3ECBCA98DAF44A7976AEA01B1F17B7F_at_JeffPC>

Hi Sonny & all,

Everyone has raised some interesting points so far. I remember doing a bit
of study on this a number of years ago and one thing I found that stood out
was that in all the situations I looked at, when meteorites were found they
were ALL within 50km of where a sonic boom was heard. Most less than ~25km.
I don't know how true that is and if it works in every case but for the
dozen or so I looked at, that was the case.

Some may also find my "Sounds Associated with Witnessed Meteorite Falls"
page interesting. This list was put together by Bernd several years ago.
Thanks again Bernd! ;-)

http://www.meteorites.com.au/odds&ends/sounds.html

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 12:34 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom


> Hi List,
>
> It seems like there have been many fireball sightings in the past few
> months but no material being found on the ground, as in the recent
> Oklahoma event. I was wondering if the absence of a sonic boom has
> anything to do with it.
> Does a sonic boom or explosion have to be present for a major meteorite
> producing event? Could there still be a few meteorites on the ground with
> no sonic boom? With Buzzard Coulee, Mifflin, Ash Creek these events all
> produced meteorites and sonic booms were heard by the locals. Does anyone
> know if there were sonic booms associated with the Park Forest and
> Whetstone events?
>
> Thanks,
> Sonny
>
>
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