[meteorite-list] US Satellites Detect Fireball Over Siberia

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:00 2004
Message-ID: <20021011233308.88867.qmail_at_web80309.mail.yahoo.com>

Forwarded from Peter Brown (pbrown_at_uwo.ca)

Fireball Detection

USAF satellites detected the impact of a bolide near
Bodiabo in Siberia at
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).


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Received on Fri 11 Oct 2002 07:33:08 PM PDT