(meteorobs) Major TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, CO, NE Green Fireball Meteor ~9:21CDT 23MAR2011
Pete Pete
rsvp321 at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 25 10:41:40 EDT 2011
Thank you, Chris and the List, for making this clear.
Pete
> From: clp at alumni.caltech.edu
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:58:09 -0600
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Major TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, CO, NE Green Fireball Meteor ~9:21CDT 23MAR2011
>
> Pete-
>
> As others have also pointed out, meteors which produce atmospheric sounds
> (typically, sonic booms) must get quite low to do so, and meteors which
> reach the dense lower atmosphere- a few tens of kilometers- are more likely
> to produce meteorites.
>
> Electrophonic noise, though rare, is reported for bright fireballs even when
> they are very high, so I don't consider it a factor in estimating the
> possibility of meteorite production.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:39 AM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Major TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, CO, NE Green Fireball
> Meteor ~9:21CDT 23MAR2011
>
>
> >
> > Hello, Chris,
> >
> > As an amateur eager to learn, and I know what the differences are between
> > the two sounds, what do you mean by acoustic meteors improve the chance of
> > meteorites over electrophonic?
> > I haven't come across that fact before.
> >
> > A few years ago I was fortunate enough to hear an electrophonic meteor,
> > and after an unsuccessful hunt of the nearby area I was positive it fell
> > in, my obsession with meteorite collecting was born!
> > That meteor also appeared to have debris breaking off.
> >
> > A thumb size explanation will do, I'll take it from there.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Pete
>
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