(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Another Model.

[Larry]

This model does not disagree with anyone on persistant train formation, but 
does explain more fully the INDIVIDUAL SHAPES of the train as captured in 
the time period photograph.

View: 
http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/Rich-Swanson-Model.JPG

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Majden" <epmajden at shaw.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2009/09/08 08:22
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture


> I was following this meteor trail discussion and I thought I would
> ask for an expert opinion on this before commenting.  Here is a note
> I just received from Dr. Jiri Borovicka at Ondrejov in the Czech
> Republic.
> > Quote:
>
> Dear Ed,
>
> my impression is that the "ejecta" going almost perpendicularly
> to the meteor path show in fact the motion and gradual dispersions
> of some brighter chunks of meteor train, which formed behind the
> meteor. The motion is due to high altitude winds, which can have
> different directions at different heights. The timescales involved
> are tens of seconds.
>
> With regards
>
> Jiri
>
> Thanks: Jiri
>
> Ed Majden
> Courtenay, B.C. Canada
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