(meteorobs) Hypervelocity meteors

meteoreye at comcast.net meteoreye at comcast.net
Tue Dec 11 12:32:17 EST 2007


The full submitted paper can be downloaded from the linked site. I am reading it now, but it will take several read throughs to make sense to my feeble mind.

Wayne

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Ed Majden <epmajden at shaw.ca> 

> After posting the message on this topic I received the following 
> comment from Dr. Yvan Dutil on the RASC list Rascals. 
> 
> Quote: 
> 
> "Their photometric data are convincing for a radiant, but I have 
> problem with 
> the velocity estimate. I dont trust the spectroscopic date. In both 
> case, 
> the lack of detailled description of the data reduction process is 
> problematic." 
> 
> I don't have the reference at hand but hypervelocity meteors have been 
> detected with the Aricibo radio telescope and also in New Zealand. 
> This is probably the first spectrum of one if peer reviews accept this 
> data. 
> 
> Ed Majden 
> 
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