(meteorobs) meteorobs Digest, Vol 6, Issue 14
Stuart Saunders
stuart21 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 01:23:03 EST 2011
>
> "The trace near the Moon is too long to appear on a single frame if it
> were meteoric in origin, and that doesn't explain the synchronous flashes
> elsewhere in the frame"
>
> Also, why does it appear to radiate from the moon? - coincidence?
> If it were a cosmic ray striking CCD, it would hit a most one - two
> pixels, as detector is presumably almost square to the moon.
> Or, is the cosmic ray hitting atmosphere, causing a light flash which
> would therefore having 'length', being picked up by the CCD?
What is the almost colinear, simultaneous flash be at lower middle?
(Not doubting cosmic ray hypothesis, just looking for a consistent
explanation)
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