[meteorite-list] Fw: Re: - "witness" to July 6 Fireball PA

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 09:32:48 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <111176.83508.qm_at_web53112.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Thanks Chris!
  My observations from the photo of the video camera and the video are that the video camera was pointed basically North and that the meteor appeared to travel basically east. Is this and other`s take on the direction of travel? Thanks, Dirk

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

> From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re: - "witness" to July 6 Fireball PA
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 10:58 PM
> A strewn field can be at any
> orientation with respect to the original meteor path, and
> can lie some miles from the terminal explosion location,
> depending on the height of the explosion and the winds. It
> is very difficult to determine where meteorites will land,
> even with accurate video records and good weather data (from
> a weather balloon). At best, you can narrow it down to a few
> tens of square miles. After that, it's back to the tried and
> true: interviewing people on the ground, and searching.
>
> Also, it shouldn't be overlooked that a large fireball,
> even with a terminal explosion, is very likely to produce no
> meteorites at all. Better camera data can help access the
> likelihood of that by helping to narrow down the entry angle
> and velocity.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <MeteorHntr at aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 1:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Re: - "witness" to July 6
> Fireball PA
>
>
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Just for everyone's? information, I personally
> think that if at least two
> > good video's can be found? from two different
> locations, the intersection can
> > be found where the MD-PA? bolide
> extinguished.? That should be the heart of
> > the strewnfield.
>
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