[meteorite-list] A meteor shower burst.

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:48:01 EDT
Message-ID: <64517.1e1e0a7b.39bbd761_at_aol.com>

Hi Steve...

>>Last night, at about 1 AM here in Flagstaff, I was going from my
rental to my house and I saw a flash on the horizon. There were no clouds, and
the sky was perfectly clear, and I wondered what that flash was. I looked
up into the sky, and then I saw three bright meteors, one after the other
over the span of 2 seconds.<<

Just hunching here...but if there was a meteoric flash on the horizon,
that would mean it was very far away...maybe about 250 to 400 miles away? Then
as you looked up you saw 3 bright meteors overhead. I'm assuming that the
3 meteors were coming from the same direction to each other. Were they in
alignment with where the flash was? It would seem to me that where the flash
making meteor entered the atmosphere, it would be at a different plane to
the earth than the 3 other meteors. I would think that they weren't related
because of this at least.

>>They were as bright as Jupiter, which was high up, mid transit in the
sky. Blue white in color they left no persistent train and were very fast,
lasting maybe 1/2 th second duration, traveling 10 to 15 degrees each.<<

Because the 3 meteors were very fast, I'd think they were of cometary
material.


>>I was quite amazed, as it seemed for an instant that a great meteor
storm was brewing. The initial flash that caused me to look up and the three
after spanning maybe 4 seconds and to see 4 meteors...

I stayed out for another half hour hoping... But nothing more...<<

I think the meteor timing of what you saw were nothing more than a
coincidence. Sometimes this happens.
GeoZay
Received on Fri 10 Sep 2010 02:48:01 PM PDT