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To: Strategerist

Wonder what the altitude was.


240 posted on 02/15/2013 9:57:40 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
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To: Darksheare

Altitude could be calculated from the shadow on the satellite video.

If I could hunt down a video showing the start of the trail AND the boom, it could be guestimated from the time delay but one problem is the speed of sound changes a little bit with altitude.


241 posted on 02/15/2013 10:06:22 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: Darksheare

It would have to be video where the meteorite went directly overhead as well, of course, to make the calculation easier.


242 posted on 02/15/2013 10:07:04 AM PST by Strategerist
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