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Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
- To: "Ron Baalke" <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>, <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
- Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
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- Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:26:25 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Overnight Fireball in Connecticut
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|True. But since it is difficult to judge the distance to the bolide, it is
|equally as difficult to judge the size of the bolide. Saying it is the
|size of a grapefruit implies you know accurately know the distance to the
|object, which as I already pointed out, is extremely difficult to do at
|night from a single observation.
|
|Ron Baalke
Hi Ron and List,
To a certain degree this is true. We do know the comparative distance.
Ball lightening, for the most part, comes from a thundercloud. We know the
relative distance as compared with that of a bolide. Further, the light
phenomenon observed is entirely different and distinguishable due to the
relative distance.
Best,
Julia
P.S. On occasion ball lightening can be basketball sized.
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