[meteorite-list] Daytime firebal just observed from SoCal
From: John Reed <john_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:31 2004 Message-ID: <3CFE6FAA.18180B1_at_findalltrades.com> "Matson, Robert" wrote: > Hi All, > > Bright white daytime fireball just observed from Seal Beach, CA at > 7:15:30pm PDT, starting about 18 degrees above the north-northwest > horizon and terminating about 10 degrees above the horizon. Direction > of travel was roughly toward 7 o'clock in horizon coordinates (6 o'clock > being straight down toward the horizon). No fragmentation was observed. > Magnitude approximately -8, and angular velocity was pretty slow. Exact > azimuth can be reconstructed (once it gets dark enough for stellar > references). Did anyone else in the southern California area observe > it? --Rob > > Here's interesting meteorite experience that happened when I lived > in Palm Springs CA some years ago I went out in my backyard one night, it > was > the middle of the night , I noticed a shooting star at about 11 o'clock in > the > sky. 12 being straight up, it was fast with a short tail all over in > about 2 > seconds then maybe 3 seconds later the sound of like a propeller chopping > the > wind came over the top of my head (I am going to guess 150-200 ft)all in > about > a 10th of a second and it was literally humming like a motor The general > direction it was travailing is 85% open desert for about 15 miles That > was > about 1986 At the time I figured meteorites were fairly common occurrence > so I > never thought more about it > This fall I am going to look for that meteorite I know what direction it > was > traveling and also the angle I am not sure how high it was all though I > heard > it, but out in the desert it very quite in the middle of the night . I > looked > in the sky I think I remember some shadowy something anyway Here's what I > thought > since it didn't explode it is probably an iron however it has to be a > strange > shape to chop the wind the way it was So if it was a stone then it might > mean > that depending on the shape of a object entering the atmosphere the object > > would or would not pick up enough speed to burn up? Also how much further > do > think it may have gone? > Thanks John > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 05 Jun 2002 04:08:11 PM PDT |
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