[meteorite-list] Central Florida bolide of 30 March 2010

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:12:45 -0700
Message-ID: <7C640E28081AEE4B952F008D1E913F1703128DD7_at_0461-its-exmb04.us.saic.com>

Hi Greg,

I agree with your interpretation -- since fragmentation was witnessed
in Gainesville, and not in Sebring, all things being equal I would
place the fall closer to Gainesville. (An exception might be if the
Gainesville observer could see closer to the geometric horizon than
could the Sebring driver.)

As for direction, County Rd. 17 (southeast of Sebring) occasionally
heads to the NW rather than due north, and since the due north
direction would not intersect the line-of-sight of the Gainesville
observer, I'm inclined to believe she was on a portion of the road
that was heading NW or NNW at the time of the fall.

I'm guessing the fall would be somewhere in the vicinity of Ocala.
I'll check the real-time Doppler radar data to see if anything is
there. (I'm expecting nothing will show up.) The higher-quality,
multi-elevation-angle Doppler data will be available starting
tomorrow, and I can check it then. --Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Greg
Hupe
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:46 PM
To: GeoZay at aol.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] [2nd Sighting] Fireball in Florida
Tuesdaynight

Hey GeoZay,

"About how bright and how many seconds did this event last and about
how long of a trail?"

I asked if the sky lit up and she said, "Not really, but before it
disappeared [below the horizon], it became brighter." I asked if she saw
it break into several pieces and she said, "No." Larry's witness saw it
fall into several pieces so this is why I think it would be more north
from where my Sebring witness saw it.

Best regards,
Greg
Received on Wed 31 Mar 2010 06:12:45 PM PDT