[meteorite-list] Fire ball spotted!
From: GeoZay_at_aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:45 2004 Message-ID: <25.42060236.2d0a87c3_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1071197635 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 12/11/2003 5:04:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, bobe5531_at_comcast.net writes: >>This evening driving home from work I spotted a meteor that appeared to fall vertically a bit east of Plainfield Illinois. It wasnt a big fireball ..... more of a thin line, but died out approx 20 Degrees from the surface of the earth.<< When they look like they are falling vertically and end about 20 deg above the horizon, this indicates the meteor occurred very far away...At least the end point did...perhaps 150 miles away. As for the weight...I don't know. George Zay -------------------------------1071197635 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 12/11/2003 5:04:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, bobe553= 1_at_comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>>This evening driving home from work= I spotted a meteor that appeared to fall vertically a bit east of Plainfiel= d Illinois.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It wasnt a big fireball ..... more of a thi= n line, but died out approx 20 Degrees from the surface of the earth.<<= ;</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>When they look like they are falling vertically and end about 20 deg ab= ove the horizon, this indicates the meteor occurred very far away...At least= the end point did...perhaps 150 miles away. As for the weight...I don't kno= w.</DIV> <DIV>George Zay</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue=20= 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1071197635-- Received on Thu 11 Dec 2003 09:53:55 PM PST |
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