[meteorite-list] Boom 28 secs after Russian meteor passes overhead - oops^8 88 secs!
Robin Whittle
rw at firstpr.com.au
Sun Feb 17 00:37:15 EST 2013
88 seconds . . .
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound#Altitude_variation_and_implications_for_atmospheric_acoustics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_US_standard_atmosphere_1962.svg
Sticking with the 310 metre/sec guesstimate of Bob Matson, 88 seconds
gives us 27.3 km.
- Robin
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