[meteorite-list] Biophysicist confirms Liberal boy's meteorite discovery

[Fries, Marc D (3225)]

That hole has definitely been dug up.  But it also doesn¹t appear to be a
foot deep.  Perhaps in a 10 year old¹s imagination it is.

I just ran the numbers, and if we assume a spherical body (which I have to
do) moving at its aerodynamically-limited speed then a 48 g iron meteorite
would be moving around 70 m/s (~150 mph) when it reached the ground.  I can
picture it digging itself in a bit on impact.

Like Mike, I¹m not going to proclaim this one to be the genuine article but
I¹m also not ready to dismiss it completely.  I¹m curious to see how it pans
out.  Would be nice to get some composition data to compare it with SA or
other meteorites.

Cheers,
MDF
> 
> 
> On 11/19/09 10:38 AM, "Michael Fowler" <mqfowler at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I would certainly
>> agree!  Thanks, Graham.
>> 
>> A small meteorite could never make a big hole like in the picture, but people
>> could, while digging around to find the meteorite at the bottom, so my
>> hypothesis has not been conclusively falsified, yet.  However, this does
>> shift the balance of evidence back toward it being a hoax.
>> 
>> Time will tell.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>> Another picture here showing the so called impact place/pit!!
>>> 
>>> http://208.62.60.4/78/printer_1564.shtml
>>> 
>>> Could a small iron like that falling at terminal velocity produce that in
>>> what looks like very hard ground?....looks artificial to me. (unless some
>>> excavation was done to retrieve it)
>>> 
>>> I would have thought though that Don must have seen many meteorites and
>>> respect his thoughts....but as the latest discussion has shown...very few
>>> fresh irons have been seen just after they fell and I still think this does
>>> not look like it should....unless the photographs are very poor, making it
>>> look browner and glossier than it really is?
>>> 
>>> Would be interesting to have it tested to see if it has been cleaned and
>>> treated in some way.
>>> 
>>> I could be wrong, but....
>>> 
>>> Graham UK
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---- Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Meteorite Hoax, or meteorite exaggeration?
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> As a meteorite hoax, it is missing many of the classic symptoms, no flaming
>>>> trail, no red hot iron at the bottom of the hole etc.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Let me propose an alternate explanation: The size of the hole and the
>>>> material shooting 5 feet high was an exaggeration, but it actually is a
>>>> real fall.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Mike Fowler
>>> 
>>>> Chicago
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