[meteorite-list] Tektite fields and rotation

[Chris Peterson]

That was my first thought as well. It's probably a fairly complex 
problem. At the least, Coriolis effects will be significant, and will 
distort the debris pattern.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: <epgrondine at yahoo.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tektite fields and rotation


> Hi Ed,
>
> Since ejecta would start out with the same rotational motion as the 
> Earth, at what point and by what mechanism would you inferring that it 
> "decouples" from Earth and looses that rotational component of its own 
> motion?  Good question, though!
>
> Best wishes,
> Doug