(meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture

[Chris Peterson]

Sorry, the path length is estimated at 35 km; the flare height is around 65 
km. But the other numbers are still correct.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Question on an interesting meteor -Enhanced Picture


Point taken about the apparent angle of the debris. However, I went back and
carefully measured the flare lengths, and the longest is 2.2°. So given the
assumed height of 35 km, and assuming a typical angle of 45°, we're still at
a physical length of 4 km, which remains consistent with winds in the range
of 30 m/s.