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Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
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- Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
- From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:28:00 GMT
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>Obviously these are two different events:-), but to clear up some
>misconceptions. Unless one suffers from a 'depth perception' problem, I
>doubt that a bolide and ball lightening could be confused.
Actually, it is usually extremely difficult to accurately judge the distance
to a bolide, particularly at night. Some people have observed a bolide which
they think is only 100 yards away, when in fact, it is 400 miles away.
The accurate way to get the distance to a bolide is to have people observe
the bolide from different vantage points, and triangulate the position of the
bolide.
Ron Baalke
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