[meteorite-list] Large meteor in UK

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 00:30:38 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kaie3XQpOCk2kUYqttXkPEz4hng9bU8VU5t77RgGso7PQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Just repeating his report....it has been caught on camera from much
further north....

http://www.youtube.com/user/HATCHETHAS

G

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 11:31 PM, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> How did he know it was traveling towards him and not away? It's nearly
> impossible to distinguish between the two cases unless it actually passed
> overhead.
>
> Chris
>
> *******************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
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>
>
> On 3/3/2012 3:23 PM, Graham Ensor wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> ...just had an exciting report from one of DDAS astronomy members of a
>> very large meteor. At around 9.39 this evening he was sitting at a
>> north facing window in Derby when as he looked up he saw a large
>> meteor traveling almost directly towards him....so traveling
>> south....it was dropping sparks behind...brightest he had ever seen
>> even though he was in doors with the light on....it lasted around five
>> seconds he thinks.
>>
>> Sounds promising...anyone else see anything or heard any reports?
>>
>> Graham
>
>
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