[meteorite-list] Even more of that darned Brenham

[LITIG8NSHARK at aol.com]

Good morning Susan, and Folks,

Susan, no  question is stupid.  Consider though, that the surface of the 
Earth is  approximately 196,935,000 square miles.  That a few meteorites 
travelling  in a group would be caught by Earth's gravity on successive passes and land 
in  the same general area of the Earth--well, that would be extrordinarily  
unlikely.  Also, keep in mind that the Earth not only rotates on its axsis,  
but it also revolves around the sun....so, in the 24 hours it would take for the 
 Earth to spin once, allowing the State of Kansas to once again face the 
general  direction of the approaching "group of meteorites", Earth would no longer 
be in  the sights of the "group", having moved on in its path around the  sun.

Best regards,

Paul Martyn

In a message dated 7/6/2006  10:00:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
batkol at sbcglobal.net writes:
stupid  question:  can the brenham fall actually be two falls.  could it have 
 
been several large stones traveling in a group, one caught by earth at one  
time and the second one caught on a later pass?  or is it too highly  
coincidental that they both landed in kansas in the same area that makes  
this impossible?  thanks for indulging my ignorance.  take  care
susan patton