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

[prospector at znet.com]

Thanks GWG, I was begining to feel a little bit like Custer. We now have two
direct observations with binoculars of jetting of some sort from meteors and
one photograph of possible jetting. Unfortunately, some photos of
disbursted meteor trains also look similar to Larry's photo, but not
exactly, his photo does appear to be jetting. As I understand it, GWG saw a
single large event, more like Larry's photo of several large events than my
observation of numerous jets like a sparkler.

                                   Dave English
                               Oceanside, California

Quoting George Gliba <gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>:

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