(meteorobs) Various fireball reports

stange stange34 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Nov 21 21:15:34 EST 2008


Thankyou Malcolm.

Reading that report explained quite a few of my questions.

YCSentinel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malcolm J. Currie" <mjc at star.rl.ac.uk>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2008/11/21 11:51
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Various fireball reports


> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, stange wrote:
>> It seems that in the last 6 months there has been more & more large 
>> bright
>> fireballs in the early evening hours. Many seem to occur when the sky is
>> still too bright from the setting Sun for good camera detection.
>
> That's the time of day with the highest frequency of non-shower fireballs.
> Also in the Northern Hemisphere there are three times more near the
> Autumnal Equinox as the Spring Equinox.
>
> See http://www.imo.net/fireball/rates and references therein.
>
> Malcolm Currie
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