[meteorite-list] Yet another PA fireball

From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:23:23 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=dC_hAj7YufckCZH-4F44TxQk2zH6j5PjDL4NX_at_mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Rob. I did mean night time, but what I meant is: 20 reports in
1 hour is a lot for a night time fireball, (so considering this was a
daytime fireball that is REALLY ALOT).

Thanks for clarifying as I don't want to add any confusion to the time.


On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Matson, Robert D.
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I think you mean *daytime* fireball -- this was at 12:45 pm EST. So all
> the more impressive that it was spotted in broad daylight.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
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> 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-p
> hilly-2011-02-14/
>
Received on Mon 14 Feb 2011 03:23:23 PM PST