(meteorobs) Multiple sonic booms

[Ed Majden]

on 3/19/05 15:16, Ed Majden at epmajden at shaw.ca wrote:

> on 3/19/05 14:43, GeoZay at aol.com at GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
> 

>> I wonder how the sonics would sound like, if the object was smaller than  a
>> plane or space shuttle...such as something the size of a basketball?

George:
    Have a look at the following:
http://library.thinkquest.org/12228/page6.html  (More than you probably want
to know) ;=)

    For a fireball meteoroid the sonic boom would be a conic like the one
shown in the diagram as it is travelling much faster than the speed of
sound.  The faster the meteoroid the narrower the conic.
Ed