[meteorite-list] Yet another PA fireball

From: Marc Fries <fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:53:46 -0800
Message-ID: <077CFC43-CE62-4227-B9C5-39B7ACA52C41_at_psi.edu>

I think I may have found it on radar. The radar data is noisy on all the radars in range, but there is one feature that appears in the 1736 UTC data set of the KDIX radar outside Philly. It features multiple altitude signals and a Doppler velocity pair (i.e. turbulence). Location is 40.19498, -73.6645. If it is a meteorite signature then it is roughly the size of the Grimsby fall.

Two words: Scuba gear. Or two other words: Fishy Squisher.

This is preliminary and I could be wrong - especially given how noisy the radar imagery is - but it looks like a decent radar signature in the general area and direction where the fireball was reported. I'm getting the location and direction from Mike Hankey's work and the time from the myfoxphilly.com news report.

Rats.

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On Feb 14, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Mike Hankey wrote:

> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Mike
>> Hankey
>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:03 PM
>> To: JoshuaTreeMuseum
>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Meteorite Spotted Over Philly
>>
>> 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/
>>
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Received on Mon 14 Feb 2011 04:53:46 PM PST