[meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 09:39:50 -0700
Message-ID: <CADYrzho2tHNQX6VQDRbAueWNf8HtLZzMxJ3MSrnVKd8sDoqhVQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Yes, and can we please have a first lunar fall? Oh, and I want a piece
for the Museum :)

Carl
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On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> lets hope this one can be found!
>
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Nov 6, 2013, at 11:34 PM, "Rob Matson" <mojave_meteorites at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Resending... message didn't post when I sent it ~2 hours ago:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Observed a very bright (mag -12) fireball on my drive home this
>> evening at 7:50 pm PST (3:50 UT 07 November 2013). Starting
>> direction was to my east from latitude 33.6879 N, -117.9144 W,
>> at an elevation of about 25 degrees, and terminus was perhaps
>> 10-15 degrees south of east (azimuth 100-105) at about 10-degree
>> elevation. Duration was around 3 seconds, and there were multiple
>> flashes and fragmentation.
>>
>> Posted my obs to the AMS website a few minutes ago and see that
>> there are dozens of others who have already done so. My time
>> should be very accurate as I checked my watch within a few
>> seconds of the end of the fireball. Call it 7:50:00 pm +/- 30
>> seconds. This should be easy to find on all-sky cameras, and
>> if anything survived to the ground it is definitely over land.
>> I'd guess somewhere east of I-15 and south of I-10.
>>
>> --Rob
>>
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Received on Thu 07 Nov 2013 11:39:50 AM PST