(meteorobs) Question. Has any observer seen or recorded an Oceanimpact?

[Chris Peterson]

AFAIK, nobody has ever recorded any impact on Earth, land or sea. And 
only a handful of meteors have been recorded that were later associated 
with known meteorites.

Allsky cameras are great for collecting meteor statistics, but of no use 
for recording impacts. They have the potential (extremely rarely 
realized) of assisting in locating falls, but that potential disappears 
when used on a small island. There is no way of ever knowing for sure 
(without a find) if any particular meteor actually produced meteorites.

Chris

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


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Question. Has any observer seen or recorded an 
Oceanimpact?


> Reason for the question:
>
> An e-mail from a party interested in setting up an all sky camera 
> system in Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific. He is affiliated(?) 
> or has an address of "atscwx dot com". This organization recently 
> acquired a contract to maintain this Gov. facility from what I have 
> found.
>
> It would seem to be an ideal opportunity to observe an uncommon event 
> by being totally surrounded by water.
>
> I found no evidence of any similar observer report by any coastal 
> station in North America.
>
> <Ed?>
>
> YCSentinel