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Just a note on time... The Whetstone meteor/fireball was recorded as 
~2-3 seconds of video. Yes it was incandescent "before" it entered the 
frame, but no one knows for how long. I've not had time to look at other 
fireball reports for duration of the event... 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyswLf1BRs

Point being... This was a SMALL event. It dropped meteorites. And 
duration of event is only "part" of the bigger picture. There is visible 
fragmentation.

My hypothesis is simple. (and no, it's not based entirely on this event)

All larger fragmenting meteors/fireballs/meteoroids drop meteorites.

Regards,
Eric



On 3/25/2011 5:55 PM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
> A couple more stated it lasted about 3
> seconds...a rather short period for a meteorite dropping meteor. Some reports  are
> at 5 to 10 seconds. As an experienced meteor observer, I know for a fact
> that for most casual meteor sightings, duration times are notoriously longer
> than they really are.