(meteorobs) Breaking News - Major TX, OK, AR, MO, KS, CO, NE Green Fireba...

[Wayne Hally]

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

All larger fragmenting meteors/fireballs/meteoroids drop meteorites.

Regards,
Eric"

Again, can you support this with real evidence, or is it just your
"opinion"?

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Green Fireba...

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.
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