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To: thoughtomator
7 minutes later, though? That would indicate he was something like 2500 miles away, no?

No. About 86 miles... Speed of sound at 30% humidity and 86ºF is 1086 feet/second.

1086 times 60 seconds times 7 minutes = 456,120 feet... divide by 5280 feet in a mile = ~86.4 miles away from impact.

104 posted on 06/09/2006 1:44:32 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!")
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To: Swordmaker

I saw a fireball a few weeks ago and it was amazing.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/index.html

This site explains it in english very well. Three other people reported seeing this fireball to the site, so it was nice to have others confirm my sighting.

DK


106 posted on 06/09/2006 1:55:22 PM PDT by Dark Knight
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