[meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)

From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:49:22 EST
Message-ID: <d4b.43a0b366.366adfc2_at_aol.com>

Thank you very much Matthias and Doug.

In fact it was much too cold to be out last night.
About the time that meteor was seen, the temperature was 7 degrees Farenheit,
about minus 15 centigrades.
So I didn't even see it.

But thank you for your very funny post.

Anne M. Black
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In a message dated 12/5/2008 3:02:21 AM Mountain Standard Time,
majbaermann at web.de writes:
This was Santa Anne in her glowing rednosed-reindeer-driven, ecologically
absolutely uncritical flying drop-top, infatigably anxious to provide all
her clients with heavenly objects in accurate SST (Santa Standard Time).


Matthias

----- Original Message -----
From: <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)


> Looks like a listmember is getting some nice press... and that someone is
> throwing a lot of space rocks at the earth lately ...
>
> http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18208878/detail.html
>
> Meteor Brightens Night Sky
> Fireball Spotted Across Front Range
>
> POSTED: 9:44 pm MST December 4, 2008
> UPDATED: 11:02 pm MST December 4, 2008
>
>
> DENVER -- Reports are coming in from all around Colorado about a bright
> object in the sky on Thursday night.
>
> Chris Peterson, astronomer at Cloudbait Observatory in Guffey, Colo., said
> he is receiving credible reports of the object pointing to a spectacular
> meteor display.
>
> The celestial spectacle occurred at around 8:43 p.m. Peterson said is
> happened about 60 to 70 degrees above the horizon, going from a west to
> east direction. By the trajectory and perceived proximity, Peterson
> estimated the meteor landed in the eastern part of the state.
>
> Denver and Aurora emergency crews were sent on several wild goose chases
> of the impact of the meteor. The reports ranged from Monaco Parkway and
> Hampden Avenue in Denver, all the way to 32nd Avenue and Airport Way in
> Aurora, to east of Denver International Airport.
>
> Eyewitness reports have come trickling in from as far away as Fairplay in
> Park County, to Estes Park, to Aspen Park in rural Jefferson County.
>
> Denver International Airport spokesman Jeff Green said air traffic
> controllers have reported heavy meteor activity the past few nights. Also
> Green confirmed it was not an aircraft in distress that was streaking
> across the sky.
>
> If you saw a meteor in the Thursday night sky, report it to the All Sky
> Network and the Cloudbait Observatory.
>
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