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- Organization: Johannes Kepler University Linz - Computing Center
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:39:10 CET
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- Subject: Re: meteor over Italy = Killer meteorite ?
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- Thanx for the information on the SPACEWATCH-progarm|
- As I am a regular reader of IAUCs and MPCs (I do astrometric work on comets
- and minor planets myself here in Linz/Austria, observer code 540) I DO know
- about these spectacular findings with the SPACEWATCH telescope.
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- However, as nobody seems to know the size of the Italy/Croatia-Meteoreite,
- I'd thought it's best to suppose a size typical for Meteorites dropping
- on Earth these days: A few Kilogramms, and a few inches in diameter. Of course,
- meteorids out there are larger than the meteorites dropping down then, but I
- doubt weather even the SPACEWATCH telescope could detect one (not to mention
- ALL) of these meteorids soon enough to tell WHERE they will eventually drop
- down. (Otherwise there's no need to buy samples for my meteorite collection
- anymore|)
- If this meteorite *really* crasehed a house and killed two people living there,
- it may have benn quite large, so the SPACEWATCH may be able to detect such
- bodies out there.
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- After all, keep up the good work with the SPACEWATCH-telescope and let's
- hope there will be enough money available to set up a network of these
- telescopes|
-
- Greetings
- Herbert
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