(meteorobs) Multiple sonic booms

[Ed Majden]

on 3/19/05 11:37, GeoZay at aol.com at GeoZay at aol.com wrote:

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> Pete>>Just as an aside, many of us in Florida (and California  I suspect) are
> familiar with the sonic booms made during  Space Shuttle  landings.  When
> they pass overhead we often hear two distinct booms that  are spaced only a
> fraction of a second apart.  One contiguous piece can  clearly make more than
> one 
> sonic boom.  <<
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> Yes, very close apart. Close enough for me to think of it as being one
> object as the source. Sorta reminds me of a "Ba-Boom!" sound. If I heard a
> "Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom" sound of equal intensity, perhaps I could think of it as
> being 
> two objects?
> GeoZay
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George:
    See: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/boom/choice4.html   A sonic
boom is created by the leading edge and the trailing edge of a single
object.
Ed