(meteorobs) Meteorobs - skipping meteors

[Thomas Dorman]

Hi All 
Here is a link to the video of the Oct3,1996 bolide
meteor shot from I believe Bowie high school stadium
El Paso Texas.
http://www.meteorites.com.au/films/
If you do a web search there is a lot more information
on this event.
Regards
Thomas Dorman
--- Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bob and all
> I stood almost directly under the Oct.3 1996 bolide
> event  and saw it start as a moving faint point of
> light then become blazing  ball off fire until it
> broke up and passed below obstruction on my
> horizon.When Sandia had more of a public open
> website
> than they have today I saw a posting stating that
> this
> meteor had been recovered and was a piece of the
> asteroid Hebe.The California event was thought to be
> another event that took place that same evening and
> were thought to be related.Also this meteor was
> recorded by a high school football camera man for
> channel 9 KTSM,NBC El Paso Texas.I have seen this
> video and at the time one of my friends work for
> this
> station.
> I have not been to the Sandia website for some time
> you may still be able to find this
> information.Maybe!
> Regards
> Thomas Dorman
> Horizon City,Texas
>  
> 
> --- bob71741 <bob71741 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > With regards to skipping meteors, I offer the
> > following unusual
> > phenomena:
> > On October 3rd, 1996 a meteor was observed over
> New
> > Mexico, and 100
> > minutes later over California. The Meteorobs
> message
> > explains some of
> > the details; see
> > http://www.meteorobs.org/maillist/msg02007.html
> > 
> > For further information, search on 1)Kate Hutton,
> a
> > seismologist at
> > CIT; 2)John Wasson, a meteorite specialist at
> UCLA;
> > and, 3) Mark
> > Boslough, a Physicist at Sandia Labs.
> > 
> > Not only did the meteor visibly skip in the
> > atmosphere; it skipped
> > back into space into orbit and returned back to to
> > earth with another
> > visible light show 100 minutes later.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Bob Alongi
> > 
> > 
> > --- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, <stange34 at ...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello George.
> > >
> > > Interesting thoughts.
> > >
> > > I should think that a meteor even if not
> rotating
> > on its own, would
> > begin a
> > > rotation from ram-air pressure tending to form a
> > concave bowl which
> > would
> > > present an uneven larger surface which would
> then
> > cause a natural
> > rotation
> > > of the meteor to achieve a lessor surface of
> > ablation. Kinda like
> > taking the
> > > attitude of least air pressure resistance.
> > >
> > > This rotation could promote the ability of a
> > meteor to "skip" if the
> > entry
> > > angle allowed.......
> > >
> > > YCSentinel
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "drobnock" <drobnock at ...>
> > > To: <meteorobs at ...>
> > > Sent: 2007/09/16 07:08
> > > Subject: (meteorobs) Meteorobs - skipping
> meteors
> > >
> > >
> > > > Those not familiar with skipping stones across
> a
> > pond,  may be
> > > > interested in the following article by Lyderic
> > Bocquet, University of
> > > > Lyon.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
http://lpmcn.univ-lyon1.fr/~lbocquet/AJPricochets.pdf
> > > >
> > > > The principle may be adapted to showing that a
> > skipping meteor is
> > > > possible. Certain considerations will need to
> be
> > added to the
> > formula --
> > > > angular velocity, density of the atmosphere,
> the
> > ablation slipperiness
> > > > of the meteor, and the possible shape of the
> > meteor -- is it flat?
> > > >
> > > > Just a comment .
> > > >
> > > > George John DRobnock
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at ...
> > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at ...
> > > >
> >
>
http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at ...
> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at ...
> > >
> >
>
http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > ---
> > Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email:
> owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> >
>
http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
> > 
> 
> ---
> Mailing list meteorobs: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email: owner-meteorobs at meteorobs.org
>
http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
>