(meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.

[stange34 at sbcglobal.net]

Your demonstrations are acknowledged here Chris. Thankyou for your effort. I 
examined each of them twice with what tools I have on my computer.

Then I applied a little known sophisticated technological trick to them.

As the movies ended and the composite appeared before replaying, I placed an 
accurate mouse pointer at the point of diminishing ablation or minimal 
light. I saw no evidence on any of the movies that there was significant 
travel(if any at all) beyond this pointer of the meteor.

Doing the same thing with the Goliath movie and confirming with the 
composite of Goliath, there is clear and present evidence of travel or 
movement beyond the pointer and continuing well past the last movie frame.

Please excuse the levity, I am in good spirit today. :-)

Larry
YCSentinel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2007/09/19 12:28
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.


> Here are some fireballs I've recorded that all show a similar pattern of 
> slow brightness increase, some flaring or fragmentation, followed by a 
> gradual decrease in brightness. All of these had moderate descent angles, 
> meaning that they definitely burned up in the atmosphere, and that the 
> atmosphere was becoming increasing dense over their entire flight.
>
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=17278
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=15286
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=6757
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=6460
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=5263
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=12115
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=2872
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
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>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Correction to previous Trig.calculation.
>
>
>> 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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