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Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: Meteorite said to start backyard fire
Okay, I'm not an expert, and I don't need a big long explanation, but
I am curious as to where the friction stops and maybe a little info
about that. After that does it fall at 32 feet per second squared or
is it something else?
>Fellow meteor-watcher Mike Aramini forwards this more detailed report on the
>highly questionable "meteorite fire" in New Hampshire. [Note that there is no
>evidence of any meteorite below the multiple meter size EVER reaching earth's
>surface with any significant heat remaining on its crust. And there are clear
>reasons why it is thought this will NEVER happen, namely the "dark
>fall" period
>of several mintues of freefall which smaller meteorites all endure once their
>celestial velocity has been exhausted by friction with our atmosphere.]
>
>Anyway, enjoy... And thanks for the forward, Mike!
>
>Lew Gramer
>
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>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 16:02:15 -0500
>From: Michael Aramini <Aramini@ma.ultranet.com>
>To: nsaac@jovian.com, meteorobs@jovian.com
>Subject: [Fwd: Meteorite said to start backyard fire]
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Meteorite said to start backyard fire
>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 10:49:15 -0500
>From: "Alan H. Martin" <AMartin@MA.UltraNet.Com>
>
>http://www.boston.com/news/daily/05/meteorite.htm
>
>By Associated Press, 12/05/00
>
>SALISBURY, N.H. -- Hensmith Road residents swear a meteorite started a
>backyard fire in the neighborhood.
>
>The scene was quiet by the time Salisbury firefighters arrived after 5
>p.m. Monday. Neighbors had doused the fire that had prompted the call,
>and the meteorite that had started it had stopped blazing.
>
>The extraterrestrial visitor slammed into the back yard of 129 Hensmith
>Road, according to witnesses, burying itself in the ground and starting
>a small fire.
>
>"When we got there they told me they saw this meteorite come in," said
>Fire Chief Edwin Browne.
>
>"I've been doing this for 30 years. I've never seen anything like it
>before," he said.
>
>The flame burned about an 18-inch area, he said, and that the ground was
>muddy from residents pouring buckets of water on the small fire.
>
>"It's there. Buried in the mud," Browne said.
>
>"It's a little weird for my book," said the fire dispatcher who dealt
>with the call. "I've never had anything drop out of the sky on my
>watch."
>
>He said the National Weather Service, which he called for advice, didn't
>know what to do about the meteoritic visitor either.
>
>"They said, 'We just predict the weather, we don't predict stuff falling
>out of the sky."'
>
>The New England Meteoritical Services said meteorites are some of the
>scarcest material on Earth, much sought after by researchers and
>collectors. It said meteorites essentially are shooting stars that make
>it to the ground.
>
>The majority, it reports on its Web site, originate from asteroids. A
>smaller number comes from the moon, comets or Mars.
>
>The owner of 129 Hensmith Road could not be reached for comment Monday
>night.
>
>) Copyright 2000 Boston Globe Electronic Publishing, Inc.
>- --
>Alan Howard Martin AMartin@MA.UltraNet.Com
>
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