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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Cometary meteoroids landing on sea?
>I think it has three chances for this to occur...Slim, Fat and None. :o)
>George Zay
I missed the original e-mail because my server has had problems getting and
sending mail to meteorobs, but George is dead right on this speculation.
There is really nothing to speculate about.There is paper and paper of
calculations in the journals. This conetary material explodes in the
atmosphere from the shock wave of entry long before reaching the ground, a
la the Tunguska event in Siberia in the early part of this century.
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College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
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