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Re: (meteorobs)
RE:
"Then it was very
big....big enough to leave a fairly good sized crater on the ground. I wonder if
anybody has called in to report a big disaster from the impact? To be still
incandescent below the clouds, it's velocity would have to be very high, thus
mean its size is also very large....at least well over 10 tons. I can't figure
how something this large hitting the ground at speeds great enough for the
"friction" to keep it still glowing would go unnoticed on the
ground?"
Keep in mind that my wife and I and friends are
not experienced observers of this type of event. We know almost nothing of
astronomy and are giving simple witness accounts of what we saw. I kind of
wondered the same thing last night about it hitting the ground. If it did
it would be somewhere between Reserve New Mexico and the La Sal Mountains
in South eastern Utah.
This was not as big as the one on June 8th. At least Jill
didn't think so. Also, it appeared to be traveling faster than the one on
June 8th, but I think that may be because it was considerably lower. But
again that is just guessing.
When it went by us this thing was one big ball of really hot
fire. One way to locate if it did hit would be to see if there were any
recent forest fires last night.
Nevyn
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