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To: Lmo56

Sorry to disappoint you but it was debris that fell off the chute when the parachute opened. Definitely should not have been packed in there, but incidents do happen.


4 posted on 04/03/2014 11:30:37 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: steve86

My thought as well or something dropped from another diver. First giveaway was the speed.. ref:

At some point, usually between 15 to 20 km (9-12 miles or 48,000-63,000 feet) altitude, the meteoroid remnants will decelerate to the point that the ablation process stops, and visible light is no longer generated. This occurs at a speed of about 2-4 km/sec (4500-9000 mph).

From that point onward, the stones will rapidly decelerate further until they are falling at their terminal velocity, which will generally be somewhere between 0.1 and 0.2 km/sec (200 mph to 400 mph). Moving at these rapid speeds, the meteorite(s) will be essentially invisible during this final “dark flight” portion of their fall.


8 posted on 04/04/2014 2:04:51 AM PDT by maddog55 (I'd be Pro-Choice if we could abort liberals.)
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