Re: (meteorobs) Austrailia fireball

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Austrailia fireball
• From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy@telusplanetdot net>
• Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:16:54 -0600
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Ed Majden wrote:

> In response to: Bruce McCurdy's message re sonic boom over Western
Australia
> 9 Oct 2003.
>
> Bruce:
>     The conception of a meteoroid breaking the sound barrier is a false
one
> as per your posting to meteorobs.  The popular term "sound barrier" is not
> an entirely correct one.

    Thanks for clearing that up, Ed. In my defence that post was merely a
cut and paste from a local newspaper's web story of the event. That said, I
can't say I had a clear understanding of this phenomenon. Once again, the
collective expertise of the "meteorobs" group is much appreciated.

    regards, Bruce


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