[meteorite-list] Fwd: September 27,2003 - Juganatha Fireball Event

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Date: Sun May 30 03:10:39 2004
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:10:24 -0400
From: "Lewis J. Gramer" <lgramer_at_upstream.net>
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Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: September 27,2003 :
Juganatha Fireball Event

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Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:41 AM
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Subject: September 27,2003 : Juganatha Fireball Event


        Orissa event known as "Juganath Meteorite" has been
one of most spectacular event in the Indian
subcontinent since last which hit Orissa in the last
century.

        We were a team which had reached Orissa just Meteoric
hit, this event happened around 18:30 hours local time
(13:00 UT). The description of this event is as
follows:" .... around 18:30 hours the eastern sky was
so brightly lit it was like a local afternoon the
brightness was so strong that many rushed indoors.

Over few hundreds of thousands were witness to this
spectacular FIREBALL event. The luminous ball was
bluish white, crackling and making a lot of noise
intial people thought that it could have some rocket
which was being tested nearby site. But that was
not the case.. "it was truly a a great fireball event
of the century", said Inspector of Police at Baripada.

        The area where this fireball must have burst forth,
has covered over 8 districts, measuring an area of
about 14 to 15 thousand square kilometers. We visited
the site wherein the meteorite passed over a hut in
Sudsudia, Kaptipada, the roof of the hut was totally
burnt and we were able to recover some residue of the
meteor. On further investigation we also heard that
where the meteor fell in nearby pond,
and this water in the pond was boiling. We were able
to recover more meteoric residue along with burnt
ashes of the roof. We covered nearly 4 district and
were able to see meteorite samples from 3 districts,
and did recover the meteorite samples from Purab
Suniti, Kenrapara district.

        The results of 'Juganatha meteorite' is in
Publication with "CURRENT SCIENCE".
        We are now trying to determine the orbit parameters
based on meteorite impact craters formed in Paschim
Suniti, Purab Suniti, Jubna all in Mahakalpada region
we had seen more than 4 craters in this region, the
largest meteoric crater "Balbhadra crater" was the
largest.
The region where there several craters formed is in
the paddy fields many of them have been washed away.
However we are looking for satellite data over India
on that day, this might help in determining the actual
brightness magntude for this event.
Brian Marsden ruled out that Near Earth Asteroid
2003SQ222 which came close to Earth, 10 hours prior to
this event. But the event was of larger magnitude then
the Tagish Lake in Canada.

The work is still in progress any other details can be
provided. You can discuss this further here:

bharatadur_at_rediffmail.com

Bharat Adur

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