[meteorite-list] FW: Seismic Data search for 6JUL09 meteor

[drtanuki]

Marc,
  Who is going to follow up on the seismic data?  I can assist then to a point.  Best Regards, Dirk...Tokyo

NEXRAD Radar in one post on my blog did not show anything but the operator may have not had the skill to interpret the data?




--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Fries, Marc D <marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> From: Fries, Marc D <marc.d.fries at jpl.nasa.gov>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] FW:  Seismic Data search for 6JUL09 meteor
> To: "List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:24 AM
> 
> So we¹ve got folks looking over the seismic data, an
> astronomer¹s take on
> the still photo, a nice .kmz by Elton...  This is
> turning into a real ³stone
> soup² fireball event.   I¹m diggin¹ it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Marc Fries
> 
> 
> On 7/9/09 11:08 AM, "Kelly Beatty" <jkellybeatty at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > folks...
> > 
> > my take: this putative fall is unlikely to generate a
> seismic signal if
> > pieces hit the ground at terminal free-fall velocity
> (several hundred mph
> > for really large chunks, much less for smaller ones).
> > 
> > meanwhile, I've analyzed Mike Hankey's photo. assuming
> the bolide was 1:10
> > am local time and "falling from the sky", as reports
> indicate, then the
> > meteor segment in the image he took was centered at AZ
> 73°, AL 63½°, and had
> > a bearing toward the east-northeast horizon.
> > 
> > 
> > clear skies,
> > Kelly
> > 
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