[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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