Talk:Tagish Lake meteorite
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What does "pre-entry orbit" mean? From context I'm guessing it means the object had an orbit worked out for it before it crashed into Earth, but that's rather surprising if it was only 4 meters across. In any case, I'm asking because I have a pretty good handle on space science and I don't know this term. The article might benefit from an explanation of it, since I'm pretty sure your average Wikipedia user is not going to know what it means either. Paul Drye 19:40, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
OK, answered my own question -- added it to the article. Paul Drye 19:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Meteorites with accurately determined pre-entry orbit
I have excluded the Yukon meteorite from the number of meteorites with accurately determined pre-entry orbit, since it is not as accurate as the others are. On the other hand I have raised the number of two more, which have been determined since that time. They are
- meteorite Morávka, Czech Republic, also in 2000
- meteorite Neuschwanstein, Germany, in 2002
The others are:
- Příbram, Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia in that time), in 1959
- Lost City, USA, 1970
- Innisfree, Canada, 1977
- Peekskill, USA, 1992, destroying a parked car
Jan.Kamenicek 21:33, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] guardian newspaper article
someone with more time than me may wish to add in findings from this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1961515,00.html
[edit] There is more to it
Somebody should mention they found actual organic matter in that meteorite: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061130-meteorite.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Uni4dfx (talk • contribs) 19:55, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
