[meteorite-list] Chelyabinsk at White House today

Chris Peterson clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Tue Mar 26 00:32:41 EDT 2013


The time delay between the airburst and the shock arriving at the 
ground, directly beneath the burst, was about 90 seconds (not 11), 
making the height about 28 km.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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On 3/25/2013 10:31 PM, Don Merchant wrote:
> Really interesting video. I did notice that when the major
> flashes/bursts/explosions of the meteorite ends, it takes aproxamentally
> 11 seconds for the shock wave to hit. Any geniuses out there able to get
> a rough idea how far or high in the sky the meteorite was when it exploded?
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant




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