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(meteorobs) BBC Article: Noisy end for meteor
Below is part of BBC article regarding the detection of infrasound from
a large meteor explosion. The article is at this location:
http://news.bbc.codot uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1126000/1126404.stm
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> BBC News Online: Sci/Tech
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> Friday, 19 January, 2001, 16:38 GMT
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> Noisy end for meteor
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> [GRL]
> By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
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> Belgian scientists have detected ultra-low frequency sound waves -
> infrasound - from a meteor that exploded over Germany in November
> 1999.
>
> A particular infrasound signature is produced by nuclear explosions,
> which allows them to be monitored for compliance with test ban
> treaties.
>
> The meteor would have exploded with a force of 1.5 kilotons of TNT,
> equivalent to a small nuclear weapon.
>
> The signals were detected by the seismology division of the Royal
> Netherlands Meteorological Institute.
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