[meteorite-list] Ohio bolide coordinates, today's solstice, crowded Cancer constellation...

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 21 11:56:18 2006
Message-ID: <20060621155614.62617.qmail_at_web36903.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thanks Doug -

Of course I should have known that I would not be
lucky enough to have whatever it was fragment over
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

I wonder how many radio listeners there are in
Philadelphia, Ohio?

Serves me right for doing analysis at 2 in the
morning.

happy hunting -
Ed

--- MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:

> <<Motion appears to have been from Cleveland, to
> Pittsburgh, to
> Philadelphia, to Dover, Delaware. West to East.
> Looks like orbital debris, offhand. SW3
> frags so far have travelled mainly from South to
> North.>>
>
> Dover, DE and Philadelphia PA are not mentioned in
> the article - Dover OH
> and New Philadelphia OH are. The likely coordinates
> of the possible stones
> would be very close to Parral [del Ohio:-)]: N. 40
> deg 30'; W. 81 deg. 30', all
> a little south of Canton, Ohio. After all the
> recent alarms, this has got to
> be the most promising, just waiting for someone to
> say that their farm was
> stoned, good luck, wish I could be there, and in
> Ensisheim, and in Germany now!
>
> The Summer Solstice is today (Wednesday June 21
> 2:26PM Berlin daylight
> saving time). It is at exactly at the moment when
> Portugal will be shaking in her
> boots and Mexico cantando not llorando, even all of
> those fine Mexicans
> sleeping in front of the stadium tonight for good
> seats. It reached over 40 C
> here today so the gods send us favorable signs in
> the FIFA matchup. Solstice
> will be 14:26 local time in Germany. That's an
> early 8:26AM EDT.
>
> Finally starting at that magical 14:26 German time
> (08:26 New York time),
> Cancer is the constellation that will be quite a
> Beehive of activity!! As
> Cancer's takes the astrological sceptre from Gemini
> the moment of the Solstice,
> three planets will be visible all at at once by
> Cancer where Mercury is in the
> process of crashing in for the Solsticial party!
> Here is a wonderful chance
> to view Mercury just after dusk which just about
> enters Cancer (which it
> actually does on June 25 but it is brighter now and
> each day the constellations
> sink further in the endless orb). Saturn has been
> hanging there dreaming of
> a more temperate Saturnalia. Mars is there a tiny
> bit higher up, zipping
> through soon to escape to Leo at the end of the
> monthy after whispering secrets
> to the ringed and and gluttonous gaseous Titan
> planet. Mercury will max out
> (best for viewing) these next three or five days in
> Cancer and be a wonderful
> view an hour after Sunset in the West right above
> where the Sun goes to
> sleep. The two bright stars west (right) of
> Mercury are Castor and Pollux(closer
> to Merc., and brighter than his brother). The
> center of Cancer is a fist or
> two above them along the ecliptic where Saturn will
> lend its gleaming aura,
> and higher yet Mars is dimly burning in Simojovel
> red.
>
> Enjoy tomorrow and if you are lucky to be along the
> Tropic of Cancer, hang
> on to your shadow and bring along an oatmeal
> container for me! (PS, if you
> are on the bottom of the earth, this all makes sense
> only if you are standing on
> your head...sorry)
> Saludos, Doug
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