(meteorobs) Utah, Wyoming, Idaho Bolide 18NOV09

[richard hill]

>From years of talking to people who see fireballs, its amazing the things they describe in the excitement of the minute. But I agree, this sounds like an asteroidal event. Did anyone get fix on its radiant?

Rick
 
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:29:47 +0100
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> From: dfischer at astro.uni-bonn.de
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Utah, Wyoming, Idaho Bolide 18NOV09
> 
> In http://www.ktvb.com/news/Witnesses-see-meteor-light-up-the-night-sky-70358772.html
> literally earthshaking experiences with that bolide are reported - can a Leonid
> do that? I saw many Leonids brighter than the full moon during the 1998 'fireball
> rain' (from Mongolia), but they were all just 'eyes only' phenomena. Do we know
> that the bolide in question had a Leonids-compatible radiant? The *description*
> sounds much more like an asteroidal sporadic entering the deep atmosphere to me.
> 
> Dan
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