(meteorobs) Large fireball over Tokyo at 8:25pm 6NOV09 correction
drtanuki
drtanuki at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 6 10:08:39 EST 2009
Dear George and List,
November has about 60 witnessed meteorite falls historically; so I would not yet rule this fireball a "dry" Taurid. Hopefully there will be more reports and several videos.
I have corrected my reporting error to the research groups but have not done so here on the MetList or Meteorobs. The traveling direction of the fireball was from WN-to-NW. I made an error in my excitement and forgot that the compass that I was using was last used in the Southern Hemisphere, thus my readings were off by 180 degrees. I was shaking from excitement after witnessing the event. This is the fourth large fireball that I have witnessed in my lifetime of 50 years and #2 of 4 in brightness.
The closest recovered meteorite near the estimated path of the fall is SAYAMA, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Hopefully Ohtsuka-San will have some good news from the Sonata Corp fireball network? Ohtsuka-san please contact me off-list.
Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
--- On Fri, 11/6/09, GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:
> From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large fireball over Tokyo at 8:25pm 6NOV09
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 11:45 PM
> >> I just witnessed a
> large fireball over the Tokyo area from my balcony.
> The fireball changed from blue, red to green.
> No sound was heard. The
> fireball terminated at approximately 10-15 degrees
> above the horizon.
> Traveling direction was from E-SE at approximately
> 140-150 degrees from North.
> I was viewing this event from a 10th floor apartment
> balcony and have a
> ground refernece tower for extinction reference.
> This is the second largest fireball that I have seen
> in my life and
> perhaps Japan will have a new meteorite!<<
>
> I'm just guessing based on shower activity, but this
> could be a Taurid.
> One of the peaks should be right about now. If so, I
> wouldn't expect any me
> teorites even though this shower produces quite a few
> bright meteors.
> GeoZay
>
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