At first, as the meteoroid is entering the atmosphere
at high altitude and hypersonic velocity, I imagine
that there would not be much deflection in its flight
no matter what the shape.
But as it penetrates to greater deph and its speed is
reduced, then aerodynamic forces must have a greater
influ
Hello People,
Just a thought here, but in my younger days I was pretty handy with a
slingshot and my usual ammunition was mainly rocks. The rounder they were
the straighter they flew. Usually they would slice left,right ,up or down
but on occasion one would corkscrew. If I remember right it was
Hi All,
Here is a link to a pic I took of the launch of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
The Delta II rocket pretty much went straight as an arrow, but after a
minute or so, the smoke trail made loops from a ground perspective.
http://www.planetwhy.com/odysseyloopdeloop.jpg
As you can see in the pic
Trust me, if you weighed 1.5 tons and where traveling at hundreds of
miles an hour and you then broke into three, you would corkscrew.
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I think that a person took a famous photo of the
Pasamonte fireball as it was happening with a camera.
According to him, and Nininger who reported it, it
corkscrewed in flight.
Steve Schoner/AMS
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> Be carefull here. The dusttrails and/or persistent
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