hmmm...lets do some math
an LL stone is about 3.21 grams per cm cubed...that works out to about 1
pound for just a 1 cm slice of your 30 cm meteorite, is that not correct?
And anything moving at 50 m/s weighing a pound can sure crush a skull if I'm
not mistaken.
A 50 gram stone might only bruise, but a 30 cm stone can kill.
Just get on your house roof with a 1 pound piece of rock and wait for the
little yappy dog from next door to come walking by and see for yourself.
Mark Ferguson who uses Kentucky windage
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter-- uh, I mean TO Jupiter
A small meteorite acquires its fusion crust in the fraction of a second
after a larger parent body fragments at high altitude. It almost
immediately loses any forward speed, and simply falls at terminal velocity.
For a spherical 50g stone that is about 50 m/s. That's in the same range as
a paintball pellet. A 30cm diameter stone is going to smart, but isn't
going to go through flesh, or probably result in anything more than a nasty
bruise.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter-- uh, I mean TO
Jupiter
My question is this: Can a meteor that is travelling with enough velocity
to get a nice, black fusion crust, and with the dimensions indicated by
the article's picture, be slowed enough by any other possible influence
(strong cross winds, strong updrafts, striking several songbirds on the
way down) that it wouldn't go through human flesh, instead of just
bumping [him]?
If the meteorite hit the roof of the house he was near, or branches of a
tree he might be near, one would think there would be some sound
accompanying his story.
Cheers,
Pete
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