Re: Falling object startles family

From: Tom Wagner (sciteach@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 20:03:36 EST

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    > Ms. Blair described the object as about 5 inches round, about 2 inches
thick, and weighing about 10 lbs. The weight was measured by the police.
That equates to a density of about 7 g/cm^3, in the ballpark of iron and
nickel.

> Ted Molczan

Is iron or nickel used in that large of an amount in relatively small parts
of a satellite? Could this lead one to suppose that an aircraft might have
been responsible? The appearance of what looked like burned parts is
suspicious however.

Tom
Iowa



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