(meteorobs) Meteor over Ireland Feb.3,2010
Geert Barentsen
geert at barentsen.be
Fri Feb 5 20:43:26 EST 2010
There has been an exceptional amount of observers and publicity for this
fireball all over Ireland. It must have been exceptionally long and/or slow
and/or bright (but also the timing, 6 pm, could not have been better for the
public).
We posted a bunch of reports from Northern Ireland on the website of Armagh
Observatory ( http://www.arm.ac.uk/press/2010/fireball-Feb-3.html ).
Unfortunately, our cameras only switched on a few minutes after the event
:-(
Judging from the reports, I would expect the meteorite (if any) would have
fallen into the sea.
If anyone would see evidence for a sat decay, please do let me know.
Best wishes,
Geert
On 5 February 2010 23:38, Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Chris
> I agree.Sea launch ICBM test is my best guess but cannot find any notice of
> a launch on land or sea in that area of the world.Also get information of a
> impact area having been found but very unclear where in Ireland.
> Ruled out decaying satellite.Three forecasted decays for that day but
> mostly just an estimation of decay times for this space junk.I email Ted at
> Satobss and Ted does not think this event was a decaying sat either.
> Regards
> Thomas Dorman
>
> --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> > From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Meteor over Ireland Feb.3,2010
> > To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 5:22 PM
> > I don't believe that video shows
> > either a natural meteor or a satellite
> > decay. It looks quite a lot like a rocket launch.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > *****************************************
> > Chris L Peterson
> > Cloudbait Observatory
> > http://www.cloudbait.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas Dorman" <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com>
> > To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:30 PM
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor over Ireland Feb.3,2010
> >
> >
> > > This event over Ireland is being reported as a
> > asteroid entry.
> > > I believe this was most likely a satellite decay.
> > > Asteroid entry?
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6atMAQkYU
> > > Thomas Dorman
> >
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