[meteorite-list] Large UK/Holland/ fireball! and US/Canada maps updates

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:50:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1348311049.86845.YahooMailClassic_at_web141406.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

Martin and All,

There are over 500 reports to sift through and I expect that there will be another 400-500 once the weekend gets in full swing. I have posted v.3 of the sightings map. There are at least 3-4 witnesses from Holland, 1 from the Sea East of the UK and a maybe in Sweden(I did not check the time zone).

  This was in my opinion an asteroid that made its way over and meteorites survived but that will take some skill to locate... :)

  I will continue to work on the map and then IF time work on the trajectory. There is one good video that I saw with a building that can be ID`d. Certainly there will be scores of videos with all of the bloody cameras in the UK!

Glad that you got to witness such a wonderful event...now go get the rocks!

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/

PS: The US/Canadian event of 21SEP2012 is also keeping me busy! Rocks anyone?

Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

PS: Since I am unable to post to the Meteorobs site this email is addressed bcc to several members; maybe they can get the word out about these events?



--- On Sat, 9/22/12, Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball!
> To: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "Robert D.Matson" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 6:31 PM
> Dirk,
>
> It may be a recycled video but looks the real deal to me
> compared to
> what I saw. Plenty of other ones are definitely recycled but
> I think
> that one is genuine. Your site got hit hard, loads of
> reports, any
> word from anyone on making a definite trajectory and end
> point?
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
> On 22/09/2012, drtanuki <drtanuki at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Rob, Martin,? That video seems very familiar...it
> may be a recycled video?
> > I am not 100% certain.? Best Regards,? Dirk
> Ross...Tokyo
> >
> > --- On Sat, 9/22/12, Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball!
> >> To: "Martin Goff" <msgmeteorites at gmail.com>
> >> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 8:54 AM
> >> 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
> >> IMCA #3387
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