[meteorite-list] Spanish fireball trajectory

From: Michel Franco <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:58 2004
Message-ID: <00ae01c3d468$da3e0210$e8570f50_at_cailloubi12zzr>

Thanks Marco for your analyse of the trajectory.

We all look forward to see if there is or not some materail that reached the
ground.

Best regards

Michel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek_at_wanadoo.nl>
To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:24 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Spanish fireball trajectory


> > Accoridng some info broadcasted tonite on french TV the bolide was seen
> from
> > East N East to West S West approx from Protugal then above Madrid
heading
> > toward the mediterraneen sea.
> > A wonderfull fire amateur movie showed the bolide.
>
> Some caution is in order here. The maps shown in the news probably merely
> show the distribution of sighting locations (which is influenced by a.o.
> weather), not the trajectory. The video from Leon probably is looking
away
> from the sun (sunlit wall with shadow visible), probably north-northeast,
> and in
> this video it should move to the right if the trajectory shown on the news
> maps is correct. Yet in the video it moves at a ~ 45 degree angle to the
> left, not the right. This is only possible for someone north of the
> trajectory looking south if the directions given in the news would be
> correct: but that cannot be given the shadow & sunlight on the appartement
> building in the
> video.
>
> I found the fireball on the video to move rather fast, so I doubt whether
> there are any meteorites.
>
> - Marco
>
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> Marco Langbroek
> Dutch Meteor Society
> Leiden, the Netherlands
> 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84)
>
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