[meteorite-list] Fireball question / sonic boom

[GeoZay at aol.com]

>>The 
absence of one, however,  probably shouldn't be taken as an indicator that 
they were not, since a  meteor can still end (without complete ablation) 
high 
enough that no sonic  boom will reach the ground.<<


Wouldn't these(meteorites) that  are high enuf that no sonic boom will 
reach the ground end up being rather small  meteorites? This because a small 
meteorite will be slowed down rather quickly  higher up. The larger meteorites 
having more momentum to carry it on down to the  lower atmosphere will still 
have a velocity fast enuf to produce the big thunder  like sonics? 
GeoZay