[meteorite-list] Bright bolide movie from Finland

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Mar 30 21:43:22 2006
Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD07A4E987_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com>

Hi All,

Some of you may have already seen this, but if not you should check
it out:

<http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/jaostot/meteorit/images/Tulipallo_20060326_1901
53_Vaala3.mpg>

This was an impressive bolide recorded by Jarmo Moilanen in Finland
on March 26th at 19:02 UT -- a good time of day for meteorite survival
chances. Note how slowly the bolide is moving, and how long it remains
quite bright. This certainly has all the hallmarks of a meteorite-
producing event.

I've tried to confirm the direction the camera was pointing based
on the half dozen "stars" visible in the scene. Unfortunately, I can
find no match with Finland's skies at this time -- either normal view
or mirror-reflected. It could be that some of the "stars" are actually
hot pixels.

--Rob
Received on Thu 30 Mar 2006 02:06:39 PM PST