[meteorite-list] Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Finland

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 18 12:37:43 2005
Message-ID: <200505181637.j4IGb5d26948_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1706999,00.html

'Fireball' lights up sky
news24.com
May 18, 2005

Helsinki - An exceptionally bright "fireball" was spotted late on
Tuesday slicing through the sky over Finland before exploding over
the country's border with Russia, the Finnish Astronomical
Association (URSA) said on Wednesday.

The phenomenon was witnessed by dozens of people in the eastern
part of the country.

"Our mathematicians have roughly calculated that the (fireball)
began its decent over our eastern border and ended in an explosion
over the Russian Karelia region," URSA newsletter editor Marko
Pekkola said.

Closer calculations will be needed to determine the exact route
taken by the "fireball", which was probably an incandescent
meteorite, Pekkola added.
Received on Wed 18 May 2005 12:37:05 PM PDT