Hi All,
I'm cross-posting this from the Meteorite-Central mailing list
as it has equal (if not more) relevance here:
Considering that the pieces of the Russian Glonass Proton
rocket that have been found are comparatively light-weight,
with large surface-to-mass ratios, the areas to be searching
for the larger, heavier pieces are to the northeast of the
debris that has been found.
"The farmer found the debris in Rush County, south of Hays."
(A closer city was actually La Crosse, which is in the center
of Rush County. Hays is in north-central Ellis Co.)
"He has given a piece of it to a couple of local astronomers to
study. They say it's part of the insulation that surrounds a fuel
tank. It smells like an electrical fire and you can see little
fiberglass strands poking out of the burnt remains."
"The fuel tank that re-entered the atmosphere was originally
1,800 pounds, the size of a small bus. [Astronomer Rob] Kuhns
is guessing that there is still a lot of debris spread out
over about 100 square miles in and around Rush County."
I would suggest they confine their searches to northeast
Rush County (Loretta), east Ellis County (Victoria and Walker),
northwest Russell County (Gorham, Paradise, Waldo), and central
Osborne County (south of Osborne and diagonally up to Downs).
The denser debris may even have gone as far as Jewell County
(Ionia, Burr Oak, and Mankato). Were there any sightings from
Superior, Nebraska?
Best,
Rob Matson
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