[meteorite-list] [2nd Sighting] Fireball in Florida Tuesday night

From: gracie <gracie_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:17:54 -0400
Message-ID: <406f22e89d64bb2bdc7fff3082ce8c4e.squirrel_at_sheverb.com>

Greg and Larry,

I'm actually in Gainesville, though I missed the sighting last night. No
rains are expected soon . . Adam, do you think there might actually be
stones on the ground?

Larry, about your question regarding keeping track of fireballs, I'd
recommend you or your friend create an report over at the American Meteor
Society (http://www.amsmeteors.org/).

I'll also be keeping an eye out here for local reports and ask everyone I
know here if they saw anything.

How exciting!
Gracie




> Hello All,
>
> I interviewed someone today in Florida (in person) who witnessed last
> night's fireball in Florida. Here are the coordinates from where this
> person
> witnessed it near Sebring, FL:
> 27?23'48.91"N
> 81?24'4.84"W
>
> This lady and her husband were driving north on County Road 17 just south
> of
> Sebring. She confirmed, along with her husband on the phone, that it fell
> around 9:30 pm straight down (towards north), but slightly to the right
> (east). They saw the fireball moving and then "light up" before
> disappearing
> on the horizon. They did not see it fall into pieces like Larry's friend
> did
> up in Gainesville so It fell closer to Gainesville opposed to Sebring.
>
> Here is a link to an image I put together using Larry's witness report and
> mine to show fall directions from these two witnesses . I tried to load on
> a
> Google Earth satellite image but after re-installing everything on my
> computer last week, I can not make Google Earth work properly. I am trying
> Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, but neither seems to let me use the
> Push-Pin option while viewing in satellite view. No time to mess with it
> now, have to pack for a trip somewhere else, leaving tomorrow.
> http://www.lunarrock.com/floridafireball3-30-10/florida3-30-10.jpg
>
> I would check for radar images from Ocala, Orlando, Tampa and Lakeland.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
> To: <lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu>
> Cc: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 9:33 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] FIreball in Florida Tuesday night
>
>
> Hi Everyone:
>
> A friend of mine (Greg Beckner) in Gainsville, FL just sent me this. He
> was out with a group of scouts and saw the following (second paragraph):
>
> I took my Cub Scout pack to the model airplane field last night & showed
> them a few R/C aircraft. A sidebar to that is the field is several miles
> out of town and has a good view of the horizon and darker skies, so I also
> took the telescope. We saw Mercury about 5 deg from Venus last night & a
> few deep sky objects at the last part of Astronomical twilight & before
> moon came up.
>
> Around 9:30 local time, while packing up, I saw the most impressive
> fireball meteor almost directly to the south. It started like an Iridium
> flare, but just got brighter & brighter. It was close
> enough where you could see a flame structure and fragments breaking off.
> Will the next "Meteorite Men" episode be filmed here??? So far, nothing
> in paper yet. Is there something that keeps track of such events? I'm
> sure we weren't the only ones seeing it (*it scared the crap out of my
> kids!!!)
>
>
> Here's GPS cords of flying field - I was looking Almost Due South - maybe
> just a
> little to the East of due South. Time was perhaps between 9:20 & 9:40pm
> EDT. Path of the object was almost straight down & it was about 35 deg
> up...
>
> N 29? 31' 07"
> W 082? 33' 32"
>
> Larry
>
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