(meteorobs) Meteorobs - skipping meteors

[bob71741]

With regards to skipping meteors, I offer the following unusual
phenomena: 
On October 3rd, 1996 a meteor was observed over New Mexico, and 100
minutes later over California. The Meteorobs message explains some of
the details; see http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg02007.html

For further information, search on 1)Kate Hutton, a seismologist at
CIT; 2)John Wasson, a meteorite specialist at UCLA; and, 3) Mark
Boslough, a Physicist at Sandia Labs.

Not only did the meteor visibly skip in the atmosphere; it skipped 
back into space into orbit and returned back to to earth with another
visible light show 100 minutes later.

Regards
Bob Alongi


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, <stange34 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hello George.
> 
> Interesting thoughts.
> 
> I should think that a meteor even if not rotating on its own, would
begin a 
> rotation from ram-air pressure tending to form a concave bowl which
would 
> present an uneven larger surface which would then cause a natural
rotation 
> of the meteor to achieve a lessor surface of ablation. Kinda like
taking the 
> attitude of least air pressure resistance.
> 
> This rotation could promote the ability of a meteor to "skip" if the
entry 
> angle allowed.......
> 
> YCSentinel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "drobnock" <drobnock at ...>
> To: <meteorobs at ...>
> Sent: 2007/09/16 07:08
> Subject: (meteorobs) Meteorobs - skipping meteors
> 
> 
> > Those not familiar with skipping stones across a pond,  may be
> > interested in the following article by Lyderic Bocquet, University of
> > Lyon.
> >
> > http://lpmcn.univ-lyon1.fr/~lbocquet/AJPricochets.pdf
> >
> > The principle may be adapted to showing that a skipping meteor is
> > possible. Certain considerations will need to be added to the
formula --
> > angular velocity, density of the atmosphere, the ablation slipperiness
> > of the meteor, and the possible shape of the meteor -- is it flat?
> >
> > Just a comment .
> >
> > George John DRobnock
> >
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