[meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland

From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jul 15 04:42:20 2004
Message-ID: <40F644AF.4010604_at_dlc.fi>

Some more information and a pic with better resoluttion on;

http://spaceweather.com/

best,

pekka s



tracy latimer wrote:

> Those contrails are most peculiar!
>
> If anyone has ever skipped flat rocks on a lake, you know that
> sometimes on the last bounce, they go in at an angle. The flat rocks
> (or at least flat on a side) then "fall" through the water in a
> spiraling shimmy much like the trails these meteors left, wobbling
> from side to side. If the meteors are rather flat, that might also
> account for the airburst, as the stresses became too great on the
> large surface and forced the meteor to break up.
>
> Tracy Latimer
>
>
>> From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_dlc.fi>
>> To: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de
>> CC: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burst of Meteors Seen Near Finland
>> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:13:41 +0300
>>
>>
>> I really hope so too...;-
>>
>> Just got a note, we have now 2 pics with better quality
>> and resolution on;
>>
>> http://www.ursa.fi/yhd/andromeda/meteori.html
>>
>> best,
>>
>> pekka s
>>
>>
>>
>> bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:
>>
>>> Marc D. Fries writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I m p r e s s i v e picture!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I saw that twisted trail, my first i m p r e s s i o n was:
>>>
>>> This looks a bit like the lingering dust trail of the Tagish Lake
>>> meteorite - in other words, maybe they find something friable,
>>> something carbonaceous !
>>>
>>> Bernd
>>>
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