Just a clarification about my post from this morning. Note that I was referring to the approximate location of the *air burst* (where the bolide broke up in the air) NOT a possible location of where any ground impact(s) may have occurred. I took a call from a reporter today who appeared to have heard from someone who misunderstood what I was saying. Clear skies, patrick On 18 Nov 2009, at 23:04, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
I just received the following from a seismologist on one of the listserves I am on:
+++++ I triangulated the terminal burst location based on 7 Utah seismic stations, and computed the following least-squares solution:
40.286 N, -113.191 W, Alt. 27 km +++++
That agrees nicely with what a local seismologist came up with and with what I estimated based on where I saw the burst in the sky and how long it took the sound to reach me (gee, I was correct for once <g>).
Unfortunately that puts in squarely in the middle of Dugway Proving Grounds so I doubt anyone will be doing a search there anytime soon.
Clear skies,
patrick