[meteorite-list] Large UK fireball!

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:43:11 +0200
Message-ID: <20120922084311.94350_at_gmx.net>

Congrats, Martin, for being in the right place at the right time! Must have been a gorgeous sighting, just like winning the lottery. As Rob already pointed out, seeing this going west it unlikely will or could have been a decaying satellite, as almost all of those are heading eastwards somehow, along with earth rotation direction, so what you saw was a spectacular fireball most likely originating from "the real stuff" ....

Did it drop something to Earth somewhere, and where is that "somewhere"? :-)

Alex
Berlin/Germany





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> Datum: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:09:30 +0100
> Von: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
> An: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> CC: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>, "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball!

> Mike, It was absolutely stunning! Am just amazed that i saw it as i
> was on patrol in my vehicle. Right place, right time for once!
>
> Unfortunately it appears that it will have dropped anything into the sea
> :-(
>
> Fingers crossed for otherwise though, you never know :-)
>
> Am a very happy chappy :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
> On 22/09/2012, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> > wow, that would have been incredible to see in person!
> >
> > Michael Farmer
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:54 PM, "Matson, Robert D."
> <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Martin,
> >>
> >> Given the east-to-west direction, space junk is extremely unlikely.
> >> (Very few manmade objects in such retrograde orbits.)
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, from your description it sounds like it most likely
> >> ended up going over Southport into the Irish Sea southeast of the
> >> Isle of Man. Your location is less than 60 km from the coast.
> >>
> >> --Rob
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> >> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of
> Martin
> >> Goff
> >> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 4:44 PM
> >> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball!
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I have just been exceedingly fortunate to view a large fragmenting
> >> fireball over the UK. Absolutely amazing sight! Looked so similar to
> >> Peekskill with lots of fragmentation. Am unfortunately at work all
> night
> >> so unable to further research it but already there are numerous reports
> >> and sightings. A video of the event has been found here:
> >>
> >> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df89jhMjLXY)
> >>
> >> Might be space junk? The fireball had a definite greenish tinge at the
> >> beginning.
> >>
> >> Going east to west. from the A627 in Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire.
> >> Startpoint 25 degrees altitude, 90 degrees azimuth. Endpoint 20 degrees
> >> altitude, 290 degrees azimuth. visible for 40 seconds at 22:55hrs
> >> 21/9/12. Went from green to orange to yellow with lots of
> fragmentation.
> >> Am still gobsmacked that i saw it!!!! Hopefully it will have dropped
> >> some meteorites and hopefully not into the sea!
> >>
> >> Anyway back to work now :-(
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Martin
> >> --
> >> Martin Goff
> >> www.msg-meteorites.co.uk
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