(meteorobs) Northern California Fireball April 29th. -UPDATE CANCELL.

stange stange34 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Apr 30 16:13:14 EDT 2009


Cancell the previous post. There is an 11 minute difference in Universal 
time between the California fireball and a fireball over Canada. -All hopes 
are dashed for a mutual sighting.

Back to the Meteor Hunters if another station has a trajectory.

YCS  (Too good to be true)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2009/04/30 12:43
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Northern California Fireball April 
29th. -IMPORTANTUPDATE.


> Strong evidence now exists that this fireball did not descend on any steep
> angle but instead (may) have continued its travel apprx. 700 plus miles 
> into
> North Western Canadian airspace.
>
> If such should prove to be the case as Canadians currently work on their
> captures last night April 29th at the same hour, then this fireball must
> have had a very large mass judging from the ablation loss in my images.
>
> Perhaps Chris of Cloudbait Observatory will have a comment on what it 
> takes
> in mass to travel over 700 miles in the atmosphere with apparently
> signifcant ablation.
>
> Disappointing news if true for the Meteor Hunters, but it would be quite
> unique for California & International mutual event capturing. Hopefully 
> the
> Canadian researchers can confirm & will post any images or movies which
> supports mutual capture.
>
> YCSentinel
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: 2009/04/30 07:35
> Subject: (meteorobs) Northern California Fireball April
> 29th. -Additionalfacts.
>
>
>> What appeared to be a terminal explosion did not occur. Sentinel camera
>> timed out on this slow fireball.
>>
>> Examination of Handyavi records shows this fireball continued a slow
>> diminishing burn without a terminal detonation.
>>
>> Those avi. records will be added later to website. About three other 
>> small
>> meteors were also recorded in the western portions of the Yuba City sky 
>> at
>> different times.
>>
>> YubaCity Sentinel
>>
>>
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