[meteorite-list] Wisconsin Fireball - AMS Reports

From: MstrEman <mstreman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:11:46 -0400
Message-ID: <r2v704f522a1004172011l34a8e22fv47bae88e58f6b77a_at_mail.gmail.com>

Great work Mike. I always find interesting how many folks are
mis-oriented as to which direction their front windows actually face.

Randomly clicking on a few of the reports, they are consistent with
the suspected flight path window ( unlike last years PA fireball AMS
reports). I did note that most of these eyewitness accounts report a
seemingly more shallow trajectory than we believe based on Doppler
returns. Maybe someone will generate a Kmz file for both the flight
path and above ground trajectory, time and data permitting.

Again thanks for doing the nitty-gritty entry work. One never knows
when they will be front and center to a fall and need to be familiar
with the tools and methods to gather and share accurate information!

Best of luck to all those out there searching and reading this on
their iPhones. ( send us some GPS data when you are finished
searching. I'll start plotting the strewn field and see what kind of
distribution ellipse I can crank out.)

Regards,
Elton

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've imported the AMS reports for the Wisconsin Fireball into google
> earth and uploaded the KMZ.
>
> Considering there were very nice radar returns and excellent video
> coverage and that multiple stones have already been found, the witness
> reports aren't that significant, but its still interesting to see all
> of the reports plotted and how far this thing could be seen.
>
> Its also a good exercise for folks who want to try and figure out the
> ground track from witness reports.
>
> Image: http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/livingston.jpg
>
> KMZ: http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/midwest-fireball-ams-google-earth.kmz
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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