What’s going on? I am in Alabama. Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 1:33 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > Several of us are considering going unfortunately we won't be able to leave > until after Thanksgiving..... > > On Nov 18, 2018 12:31 PM, "Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hi Randy, > > It hadn't been mentioned yet on the Met-List. I worked this fall last week > (unaware > that Marc Fries had already done so), so the fortunate result of the > independent > analysis is that two people came up with the same answer and the exact same > radar returns. (I also analyzed the Carrollton, AL, seismic station data > which has > an unmistakable sonic boom just 106 seconds after the terminal burst of the > bolide.) I'm 100% sure these returns are associated with the fall since they > are > practically colocated with the seismometer. > > Upper atmospheric winds were high at the time of the fall -- jet stream was > about 125 knots blowing almost due east. This is why the Doppler radar > returns subsequent to the initial high-altitude westerb return at 15 km are > displaced to the east of it. At the altitudes below the 2.5-km altitude radar > cluster, the winds were below 30 knots and blowing more to the southeast > or ESE. This is supported by the small southeastward shift from the central, > linear-looking return, and the wider cluster to its lower right that was > scanned less than a minute later. The first place I would search would be > the southeast edge of the 2.5-km altitude cluster. > > Unfortunately, this is a tough search area. --Rob > ________________________________________ > From: Meteorite-list [meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] on behalf > of Korotev, Randy via Meteorite-list [meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:26 AM > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: EXTERNAL: [meteorite-list] possible Alabama lunar meteorite fall > > If there has been discussion of this on the List, I missed it > > https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/ > > ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ > Randy L. Korotev > Research Professor, retired > Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences > Washington University in Saint Louis > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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 our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and 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
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