[meteorite-list] Message from Bob King RE: Broken Chelyabinsk

[Michael Farmer]

We never found any piece broken on impact, all fell on multiple feet of snow.
The fragments and breaks pretty much all occurred in flight. Likely from smacking into each other.
Michael Farmer

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> On Mar 13, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, Bob is have trouble posting so he asked me to post this for him.
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> As long as the list is all lively again, I've been wondering about all
> the broken Chelyabinsk meteorites. Would it be correct to assume that
> most are missing a chunk because they were damaged by the shock waves
> when the meteoroid exploded? It seems most fell in snow - poor man's
> aerogel - and likely wouldn't get chipped.
> Thanks for your ideas on the topic.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rock On!
> 
> Ruben Garcia
> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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