(meteorobs) New Mexico Fireball - Composition? - Ice?

Thomas Ashcraft ashcraft at heliotown.com
Thu Sep 20 19:54:56 EDT 2007



bob71741 wrote:
> A1.5  Meteor Velocity Considerations
>
>       " 
>
>      Along these same lines, very bright, slow fireballs which have
> the potential for dropping meteorites will generally also not cause
> noticeable reflections.  These fireballs often do not produce
> visible light and ionization until they are below about 70 km,
> making them rather "stealth" to radio detection."
>   
Bob, Chris and Larry,

http://www.amsmeteors.org/radio/ams203.txt

Thanks for the valuable information.  That above info from the AMS 
bulletin is very sophisticated observation.

Very cool!

Clear skies,
Thomas A





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