Since this Meteor probably weighed several tons at the beginning of its
trip it is nice that it burned off a little before impact.

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:04:10 -0700 Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET>
writes:
> This meteor was at the bottom of that scale initially.  In addition,
> it hit at a very shallow
> angle.  Instead of coming straight down, it was going sideways, and
> passed through several
> hundred miles of atmosphere before finally falling to earth.  If it
> had come straight down, it
> would have caused a LOT more damage.

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