[meteorite-list] US Satellites Detect Fireball Over Siberia

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:00 2004
Message-ID: <200210112259.PAA15394_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Forwarded from Peter Brown (pbrown_at_uwo.ca)

Fireball Detection

U S satellites detected the impact of a bolide near Bodiabo in Siberia at
16:48:56 UTC on 24 September 2002. The object was simultaneously detected
by both visible wavelength and IR sensors.

The object was first detected at 57.91 North Latitude, 112.90 East Longitude
at an altitude of approximately 62 km. It was tracked to 58.21 N, 113.46 E
at an altitude of approximately 30 km.

The observed visible wavelength peak intensity was 2.4 X 10^11 Watts/ster.
The total radiated energy was 8.6 X 10^11 Joules (6000K black body).
Received on Fri 11 Oct 2002 06:59:33 PM PDT