[meteorite-list] Sutter's Mill/Lotus/? bolide physics at the time of breakup

Mendy Ouzillou ouzillou at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 30 11:21:18 EDT 2012


I was curious to know if the primary bolide breakup event was explosive or
"simple" fragmentation?

By explosive I mean at the time of the breakup, energy is converted somehow
that causes some pieces to alter their trajectory and "shoot" down to the
ground instead of following a normal parabolic trajectory.

Thanks,

Mendy




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