[meteorite-list] Nakhla impact angle

Matson, Robert ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
Tue Dec 7 20:26:44 EST 2004


> Here's the entry angle of Nakhla as reported by John Ball in 1912:

>  "The direction of approach of the object was from the northwest, and
>  its track, marked by a column of white smoke, is said to  have been
>  inclined only some 30 degrees to the horizontal."

Its *TRACK*, not its impact angle.  The slope of the smoke trail has
almost no relation to the impact angle.  --Rob



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