[meteorite-list] Met Central posting problems

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:16:13 -0800
Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD070321B5BC_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com>

Alright, now that's irritating. "Test" messages go through, but real
posts don't. Will try again with my third attempt of a bolide report
post from last night:

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Originally sent: 3/1/2007 10:20pm PST
Resent: 3/2/2007 1:50pm PST
Sending now: 3/2/2007 2:14pm PST

Hi All,

Was out getting the mail and was treated to a nice fireball
descending and moving right-to-left, starting in Cassiopeia in
the northwest. The particulars in case someone else in the
southern California area saw it:

Date: 3/1/2007
Time: 8:25 pm PST
Location: Irvine, CA (33.631N, 117.817W)
Starting azimuth: 320 +/- 5
Starting elevation: 22 +/- 2 deg
Ending azimuth: 295 +/- 5
Ending elevation: 12 deg +/- 1 deg
Duration: 3-4 seconds
Speed: on the slow side
Brightness: -7 to -8
Color: orange
Comments: no fragmentation, but a "thick" meteor track
about a quarter-degree wide in the cross-track direction.

No sonic booms heard any time in the following 4 minutes.
I'm about 90% sure I heard electrophonic hissing coincident
with the visible display. I can't be 100% sure, but it may
have been the hissing that prompted me to turn and see the
meteor. I was standing near a tree, a metal light poll, and
the somewhat large metal box containing all the mailboxes
for my end of the street.

--Rob
Received on Fri 02 Mar 2007 05:16:13 PM PST