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Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 8, 2014, at 2:37 PM, "Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list" > <meteorite-list@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-boun...@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@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? > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
