(meteorobs) Surprising similarity of Meteor streaks & Bolides?

[chiayk1 at singnet.com.sg]

Hi :

 I am also interested in the overall 'light amplitude envelope' of meteor. From what i have seen in video there are a) (majority) meteor with peak amplitude towards the end, b) meteors with 'wavering' light amplitude through out the flight path c) meteors what have a  peak amplitude surprisingly very close to the beginning point d) dim meteor that appears to be rather flat in the amplitude e) and those with multiple terminal busts. Perhaps the meteoriod composition, mass, entry velocity and the geometry of the meteor vs users contributed to visual characteristics.

rgds
ykchia
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--- stange34 at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Perhaps Chris or someone can confirm that common meteors and
> uncommon 
> Bolides have  very similar composite light flaring (SHAPE). Where
> the 
> primary difference is mainly just in light amplitude.
> 
> This surprised me when I looked at a limovie graph of a weak meteor
> from 
> last night.
> 
> I expected meteor streaks to be completely different with little or
> no 
> flaring variance in the composite shape.
> 
> Example: 
> http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/similarity
> 
> YC Sentinel 
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