[meteorite-list] Green Glowing Meteorites?

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:54:09 -0700
Message-ID: <4CAD0C21.3020101_at_meteoritesusa.com>

There are 360 possible directions the camera could be facing
horizontally. Determining and East/West trajectory from one video is
impossible without knowing the direction the camera was facing.

Eric

On 10/6/2010 4:43 PM, David Gunning wrote:
> Wish I could help you with a link, but I did not think to save. A quick
> google search of a meteorite video captured by high school football moms
> over a Texas, I believe, Friday night football might suffice.
>
> Not all the many offered football mom video shoots of this spectacular
> meteorite fall captured the green glow but some of them did.
>
> The meteor traversed the video field of vision from right to left which
> left me with the distinct impression that it was traveling from east to
> west, although I have no factual data to verify that gut reaction.
>
> Dave Gunning
>
>
>
>
>
>> This is the bow wave which we see as a cross section of a cone. It is
>> the
>> front boundary of a zone of compression twixt the bow wave and the
>> surface of
>> the
>>
>> meteor. The green color is from atmospheric oxygen being heated to the
>> point of
>>
>> emitting its spectra bands which when combined together appears as green
>> light
>>
>> The wave is usually too faint for a camera to pick up I'd love a link.
>>
>> Elton
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>
>>> From: David Gunning<davidgunning at fairpoint.net>
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 7:56:14 AM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Green Glowing Meteorites?
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> While checking-out available video footage of meteor falls I notice
>>> there
>>> appears to be a green colored glow emitting from the front of some
>>> meteors. Is this due to air pollution or is there another possible
>>> cause
>>> such as a chemical composition of particularly green glowing meteors
>>> being the likely cause?
>>>
>>> Too basic a question? Pardon my asking.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dave Gunning
>>>
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