[meteorite-list] DFW event

[Steve Dunklee]

very good point! even smaller pieces may have become burried.
look for holes

--- On Fri, 2/10/12, Marc Fries <mfries8 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Marc Fries <mfries8 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] DFW event
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, February 10, 2012, 7:53 PM
> 
> Howdy all
> 
> 
> 
>     There has been a great deal of discussion and
> analysis on the 02 Feb
>  event over the DFW metroplex. I just wanted to re-iterate a
> specific 
> point. There seems to be consensus that this event generated
> a very 
> small number of meteorites, probably to include a single
> mass of ~30-40 
> kg. I just want to point out for the sake of anyone "on the
> ground" that
>  such a mass would have struck the ground moving at over 300
> mph. I'd be
>  looking for a substantial impact pit rather than small
> meteorites 
> scattered on the ground.
> 
>     I'll link my blog post here, and it contains links to
> other 
> analyses. Bill Cooke's detailed analysis and strewn field
> estimation is 
> worth particular notice:
> 
> 
> 
> http://radarmeteorites.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/tx-dfw-area-02-feb-2012-0157-utc/
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Marc Fries    
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