(meteorobs) OKC "15" Second Event 9:24 pm CST 7MAY2011

[Marco Langbroek]

Op 8-5-2011 06:40, drtanuki schreef:
> Dear List,
> OKC "15" Second Event 9:24 pm CST 7MAY2011
>
> http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/05/oklahoma-texas-ny-ct-canada-meteors.html
>
 > May be space debris given the 15 sec sighting?

Angular velocity seems a bit too large for that on the video (where it is 
definitely not a 15 second event, but a few seconds only. Csual observers always 
tend to overestimate the duration). I'd say this is a slow fireball.

- Marco

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Dr Marco (asteroid 183294) Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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