[meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?

[Dennis Miller]

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> On Sep 8, 2014, at 2:37 PM, "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Steiner, List,
> 
> I agree that it is silly to associate 
> this tiny impact with 2014RC or any 
> fragment or co-travelling object 
> associated with it. I didn't say that, 
> the comment was ascribed in the article 
> to "Nicaraguan authorities," who, it 
> should be said, know nothing about 
> meteorites. Not saying that to insult 
> them; it is simply the case.
> 
> 2014RC passed beneath the plane of the 
> Earth's orbit:
> http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2014+RC&orb=1
> That alone makes any connection unlikely.
> 
> Unlike Carancas, which was a near-vertical
> impact (70 to 80 degrees), this appears 
> to have been an impact from a lower angle, 
> perhaps 30-40 degrees or so. The crater 
> appears not to be perfectly circular but 
> to have a "pushed-up" back wall and to be 
> slightly eccentric (in the one photo).
> 
>> We should wait for more evidence...
> 
> Actually, ANY evidence of an impacting 
> body is missing so far, other than the 
> likelihood that there must have been 
> one. If it had been an artillery shell 
> or bomb there would be metal fragments, 
> of course, but there doesn't seem to be.
> 
> Sterling Webb
> ----------------------------------------------
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> Behalf Of Steinar Midtskogen via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:53 AM
> To: Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Managua, Nicaragua meteorite?
> 
> Without ruling out that this is indeed a meteorite impact, I take the near
> miss of asteroid 2014 RC rather as an argument against than for.
> Given the news exposure that the asteroid has had, early investigators might
> have jumped to conclusions.  We should wait for more evidence.
> 
> The impact seems to have taken place about 13 hours before the closest
> approach.  That places it half a million km away or so.  The link seems to
> be a stretch.
> 
> -Steinar
> 
> "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> writes:
> 
>> Kevin, List,
>> 
>> It looks a great deal like the Carancas crater, although it's a little 
>> smaller, about 80% of its size. The test would be:
>> are there meteorites scattered about?
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