(meteorobs) Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22, 2012

Jim Wooddell nf114ec at npgcable.com
Sun Apr 22 14:57:27 EDT 2012


FYI:
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/BREAKING-Boom-heard-around-Northern-Nevada-Sierra/klZR_ppB0E-vnU9igyZ1Pw.cspx



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wooddell" <nf114ec at npgcable.com>
To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 
22,2012


> Hi Robert,
>
> Just want to comment on something you said below.
>
> Many of the most significant meteors, where rocks were found (witnessed
> falls) on the ground, happened in full daylight!  It is not really unusual
> to expect that.
>
> This is why my camera records 24/7 and why I think all cameras should be
> recording 24/7.
>
> I do not think my camera would have caught this one from my location, but
> others may have.
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
> Jim
>
>
> Jim Wooddell
> http://k7wfr.us
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Lunsford" <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:30 AM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22,
> 2012
>
>
>> The American Meteor Society has so far received 20 reports so far of a
>> bright fireball over California and Nevada. What is unusual about this
>> event is that it occurred near 8:00am PDT Sunday morning April 22th, in
>> full daylight! Being daylight, most of the reports are of a white object
>> with blue and green being most mentioned secondary colors.  The average
>> brightness reported by witnesses was between that of the sun and the 
>> light
>> produced by a full moon. While this is most likely a random event, there
>> is a possibility this fireball was a member of the Lyrid meteor shower.
>>
>> In the AMS fireball table, located at:
>>
>> http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2012-01-01&end_date=2012-12-31
>>
>> refer to event #588 for 2012.
>>
>> Clear Skies!
>>
>> Robert Lunsford
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