[meteorite-list] Fireball Caught on Dashcam over Bangkok For the Second Time in Recent Months

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:09:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201511030009.tA309UpB028963_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/meteor-bangkok-thailand-bolide-a6718571.html

Meteor spotted burning above Bangkok sky for the second time in recent months
The Independent
November 2, 2015

A large, mysterious ball of fire has shot across the sky above Bangkok
- the second in recent months.

Dashcam videos show a huge green light shooting across the sky above Thailand,
burning bright and then disappearing out of sight. The videos were shot
this week and show the bright light shooting across the night sky.

The meteor is the second bright light to be seen in the Thai skies in
recent months.

On 7 September, a similar fireball was spotted over many parts of the
country. Experts including the National Astronomical Research Institute
of Thailand said that the blaze was caused by a meteor, about 3.5 metres
wide, flying into Earth's atmosphere and likely burning up before it hit
the ground.

"It's all burned away" Worawit Tanwutthibundit, an astronomer at Chachoengsao
Observatory, told a local newspaper. "The photo of the white smoke that
has been shared a lot is in fact the train of smoke of a meteor. The public
need not be concerned. This is a normal phenomenon."

It isn't clear whether this week's light was from a similar source. But
the quality of the like looks almost the same, with a bright white light
followed by a trail.

Perhaps the most famous such "bolide" - as astronomers refer to meteors
that explode in the atmosphere often with huge, bright flashes - was the
one that shot above the sky over Russia in 2013.
Received on Mon 02 Nov 2015 07:09:30 PM PST