(meteorobs) Sentinel Alert -Addendum

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Hi Chris,

Make no mistake. If I lived near some of the outstanding plottings you have 
published..... I would still be out there looking on weekends, parcel by 
parcel if not restricted by personal property line enforcement.

Larry
YCS



--- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2007/11/17 06:42
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Sentinel Alert -Addendum


> Hi Larry-
>
> I can locate the terminal explosion of some fireballs to within a few
> hundred meters, but I'd consider a 100 square mile search area based on
> that alone to be excellent. Several hundred square miles would be more
> typical. The uncertainties of position during dark flight are huge.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 5:31 PM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Sentinel Alert -Addendum
>
>
>> You are quite right George.
>>
>> In my short experience in Meteor/Fireball work, the opportunity to use
>> my
>> personal hand-held detection equipment so far has not been realized. I
>> know
>> better than to attempt recovery in broken high altitude terrain.
>>
>> Perhaps a rollng hills or desert  terrain will allow an attempt if it
>> is
>> fairly close by and is trianglulated with enough accuracy to resolve
>> the
>> fall area to <5 square miles. I am accustomed to search using a
>> visibly
>> aligned or flagged grid pattern. It is the ONLY way to insure some
>> measure
>> of success. Otherwise it is just a random chance encounter.
>>
>> Larry
>
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