[meteorite-list] Wow! what a meteor this morning, Fragmented.

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 08 Nov 2010 20:06:51 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000330000527A_at_paulinet.de>

Hello Dave, Dirk, Rob, and List,

"this morning at 4:20 or 4:25AM, ... slow moving meteor ... came out of
the western sky and headed south east. It came in very low in the sky with
sparks trailing ... a very bright flash that lit up the sky and it looked like the
front or bottom blew out as it fragmented."

I wonder if that may have been a "sizable", fragmenting Taurid (debris from
Comet 2P/Encke). Taurids are relatively slow but sometimes blaze quite brightly!

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Mon 08 Nov 2010 03:06:51 PM PST