> Yes, but the probe had a significant difference then a solid, smooth object. > It was irregular in shape, and was probably light for it's surface area in > respect to a glob of metal or stone. The characteristics through the > atmosphere after losing cosmic velocity should be very different. The > atmospheric drag on an object like this should me much greater, thus one > would suspect that a meteorite that loses cosmic velocity should fall to > earth much faster? What say you physics guru's?
There are some differences with a true meteorite impact. A 1.5 meter wide meteorite body would fragment in the atmosphere, hence be reduced to much smaller pieces. These would slow down appreciably by drag, hence impact at smaller speeds. - Marco ------ Marco Langbroek Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) Leiden, the Netherlands 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org priv. website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek ------ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
