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

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The two reports the AMS has received for this event indicate a duration of 2-5 seconds, verifying Marco's assumption.

Robert Lunsford
 
---- Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl> wrote: 
> 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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