(meteorobs) Interesting answer from Dick Spalding re: June 22/0229:44 event

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Larry,

    I agree that the British Columbia fireball would have been too far away to be this one.  However, it's conceivable that the two events were fragments of a parent body that became separated some time ago and drifted apart a thousand miles or so.  They would then arrive at Earth at about the same time.  

            Dick Spalding

    


On 6/24/07 1:51 AM, "stange34 at sbcglobal.net" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


  A Canadian observer in British Columbia observed a bright fireball on June 22nd, 2007 at 2:30 AM.

  Your Yuba City Sentinel camera captured a fireball heading North (see insert) at this EXACT time & date.(0229:44PDT)

  Coincidence or possible?

  The Sentinel I believe, shuts off after 7 seconds on an event.
  The event lasted 7 seconds.

  If it is the same fireball.... it is an immense distance for simultaneous observations. My record start time is 16 seconds before the time given by the Canadian observer(without a camera). It also "appears" no other Sentinel camera captured it locally here or up there.

  Larry
  YC Sentinel