[meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:02:58 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikLO7CMaQBCvgWqJ+kJcThdOc30H5AuA8BG40oq_at_mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for sending this out Phil.

There have been over 20 reports to the AMS in the last hour about this.

That is a lot of reports in a short amount of time for a night time
fireball, so it must have been pretty significant.

I ran a quick plot on the AMS reports and it doesn't look good:

http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/comets/daytime-fireball-makes-waves-in-philly-2011-02-14/

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:58 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum
<joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/021411-possible-meteorite-spotted-over-philadelphia
> Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly
> Fox 29 has received several reports of an object that resembled a meteor
> that has spotted in the sky near the Philadelphia Navy Yard facility.
>
> The incident happened before 12:45 p.m. ET, according to witnesses who
> called Fox 29. There are also reports on Twitter and Facebook about the
> incident.
>
> Fox 29 TV reporter Chris O'Connell also saw the object, which he described
> as "majestic" and "beautiful," at about 12:35 p.m. as he was driving on I-95
> near the airport.
>
> A Fox 29 viewer spotted the object at 12:36 p.m. in Delaware.
>
> There also have been several reports of similar occurrences today in
> Connecticut and New York.
>
> Meteorites are naturally occurring objects that originate in space and
> survive a fall through Earth's atmosphere. Most are remnants of asteroids or
> possibly comets.
>
> The Navy Yard facility is on the Delaware River, which is also used as a
> flight path to Philadelphia International Airport.
>
> The American Meteor Society track meteorite spottings but has not yet posted
> anything today in its Web site.
>
> If you saw the object, we could like you to contact our Newsdesk at
> fox29.newsdesk at foxtv.com.
>
>
>
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> Phil Whitmer
>
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Received on Mon 14 Feb 2011 03:02:58 PM PST