[meteorite-list] two fireballs

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:05:46 -0700
Message-ID: <512C0A6A.5060901_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

You are confusing optical aberrations for what is happening physically.
Not only are there no components of the fireball colliding with other
components, but no shock wave structures are apparent, either.

Analyzing very bright point sources in video is difficult, as there are
lens reflections, lens distortion, and various sensor artifacts. It's
hard to actually locate the center of the meteor from such data.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 2/25/2013 5:56 PM, Steve Dunklee wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=dBvotWfR3j4&NR=1
> 26 seconds in on this video you clearly see two fireballs with the second one catching up to and impacting the first one.
> The first one makes a shockwave and area behind it with less air pressure. the shock wave at over 10k mph is like a brick wall and acts like a funnel. Like following an 18 wheel semi truck too close to save gas. when the truck hits its brakes the suv behind it impacts. and kaboom. Meteors donT HAVE BRAKES AND CANT CHANGE VECTORS. So when the first piece is slowed down the following ones catch up.
> Cheers
> Steve Dunklee
Received on Mon 25 Feb 2013 08:05:46 PM PST