[meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland

[tracy latimer]

Those contrails are most peculiar!

If anyone has ever skipped flat rocks on a lake, you know that sometimes on 
the last bounce, they go in at an angle.  The flat rocks (or at least flat 
on a side) then "fall" through the water in a spiraling shimmy much like the 
trails these meteors left, wobbling from side to side.  If the meteors are 
rather flat, that might also account for the airburst, as the stresses 
became too great on the large surface and forced the meteor to break up.

Tracy Latimer


>From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen at dlc.fi>
>To: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
>CC: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:13:41 +0300
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>
>I really hope so too...;-
>
>Just got a note, we have now 2 pics with better quality
>and resolution on;
>
>http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/andromeda/meteori.html
>
>best,
>
>pekka s
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>bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:
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>>Marc D. Fries writes:
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>>>I m p r e s s i v e   picture!
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>>When I saw that twisted trail, my first  i m p r e s s i o n  was:
>>
>>This looks a bit like the lingering dust trail of the Tagish Lake
>>meteorite - in other words, maybe they find something friable,
>>something carbonaceous !
>>
>>Bernd
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