(meteorobs) Car Srtuck by Meteor/ite in Kitchener, Ontario Canada 7:30am ???

[Marco Langbroek]

Op 10-4-2010 15:36, drtanuki schreef:
> Dear List,
>
> According to a post in the Orilla Packet and Times (posted about 1 hour ago), a car was struck by a iron meteor/ite while driving down highway.  Links; text and photo are at:
>
> http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2010/04/canada-meteorite-news-car-srtuck-by.html
>
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

 From the newspaper clipping, the astrophycicist and NASA consultant Tom Stiff says:

"This particular chunk struck about 7:30 a.m., and Stiff said meteorites are 
more abundant in the morning"

That is actually not true. Late afternoon and evening are the favourable times 
of the day. That time of the day you get objects moving along with earth instead 
of coming in head-on, which means lower entry speeds, which means better chances 
of survival. More meteors in the morning: yes. More meteorites: no.

- Marco

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Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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