[meteorite-list] Fireball Flashes Over Australia
From: JPBrockets_at_aol.com <JPBrockets_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:43:29 2004 Message-ID: <6c.c85159c.2873b621_at_aol.com> --part1_6c.c85159c.2873b621_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 7/3/2001 12:30:35 PM Mountain Daylight Time, baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes: > http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-3jul2001-37.htm > > Fireball flashes over WA's south-west > Australian Broadcasting Corporation > July 3, 2001 > > Residents in Perth and the state's south-west were treated to a natural > lightshow last night as a meteor entered the atmosphere. > > The meteor was first spotted over Denmark near Albany about 6:30pm AWST, > before travelling north-east and burning out over Northam. > > The Perth Observatory's Peter Birch, says many people in the south-west > caught a glimpse of the meteor. > > "But there were quite a lot of people in Perth that saw it in its final > phases through the clouds," Mr Birch said. > > "It was very, very bright indeed, quite startling and we call them fireballs > when they're that bright." > > We need for one of these to produce thousands of small stones like Holbrook, and over a city. When the average Australian citizen grabs a few of these - it might stir some debate on the Australian meteorite laws. Or do the laws only apply to the Outback? Juris Breikss jpbrockets_at_aol.com --part1_6c.c85159c.2873b621_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/3/2001 12:30:35 PM Mountain Daylight Time, <BR>baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-3jul2001-37.htm <BR> <BR>Fireball flashes over WA's south-west <BR>Australian Broadcasting Corporation <BR>July 3, 2001 <BR> <BR>Residents in Perth and the state's south-west were treated to a natural <BR>lightshow last night as a meteor entered the atmosphere. <BR> <BR>The meteor was first spotted over Denmark near Albany about 6:30pm AWST, <BR>before travelling north-east and burning out over Northam. <BR> <BR>The Perth Observatory's Peter Birch, says many people in the south-west <BR>caught a glimpse of the meteor. <BR> <BR>"But there were quite a lot of people in Perth that saw it in its final <BR>phases through the clouds," Mr Birch said. <BR> <BR>"It was very, very bright indeed, quite startling and we call them fireballs <BR>when they're that bright." <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________</BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR>We need for one of these to produce thousands of small stones like Holbrook, <BR>and over a city. When the average Australian citizen grabs a few of these - <BR>it might stir some debate on the Australian meteorite laws. Or do the laws <BR>only apply to the Outback? <BR> <BR>Juris Breikss <BR>jpbrockets_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_6c.c85159c.2873b621_boundary-- Received on Tue 03 Jul 2001 07:58:25 PM PDT |
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