(meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.

[Chris Peterson]

Larry-

We don't see meteors cooling down all that much. What we see when they 
get dimmer is less material ablating (because most has already been 
lost). The tail of the light curve in this case isn't at all unusual. In 
fact, it is what the majority of meteors look like at the end of their 
run. I'll track down a few examples from my database and post links 
later today.

Chris

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


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Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.


> If I can chip in here, arguably Chri's substantial background & 
> knowledge forming his conclusion is most likely what happened with 
> this meteor.
>
> I can only cite the unusual (post-time) persistance of the meteor and 
> secondly, without an abrupt velocity change, I cannot envision any way 
> to distinguish a meteor cooling down from one that is slowly burning 
> up on a camera image.
>
> I am on a weak limb here and acknowlege it, but hope to learn from 
> this event.
>
> Larry