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

[George Gliba]

Larry wrote:
> 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.
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> View: 
> http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/Rich-Swanson-Model.JPG
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> YCSentinel
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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
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>> 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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Jiri,

When I was observing comet Hale-Bopp with 12x63 binoculars on a tripod 
about a dozen years ago,
I saw a sporadic meteor in the field that emitted a jet almost 
perpendicular to the direction of motion
near the end of it's flight.  It was was a very strange,  but cool thing 
to see in the same field as the comet.

GWG