(meteorobs) Multiple sonic booms

[Bias, Peter V]

Sorry, Ed.  I didn't read your response before I sent mine.  Thanks for the information.
 
  Pete

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	From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org on behalf of Ed Majden 
	Sent: Sat 3/19/2005 2:51 PM 
	To: Global Meteor Observing Forum 
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	Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Multiple sonic booms
	
	

	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.  <<
	>
	> 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
	
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