(meteorobs) Big event over Northern Texas - just breaking in the news

Pat pat_branch at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 1 22:56:11 EST 2012


I was driving from Fort Worth to Dallas from 7:45 to 9:05pm CST. I saw nothing!!! Got a path?, I'm guessing it was west of Fort Worth (to my back). It could not have been bright enough to light up the entire sky.

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, James Beauchamp <falcon99 at ...> wrote:
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> Bill, it looks like Kevin and I may have caught the main mass on radar (in addition to the head echo and trail scatter).  If that is correct, this was at least bus to airplane sized.  I only see those doppler hits with large satellites.  
> 
> --- On Wed, 2/1/12, Bill Cooke <cookewj at ...> wrote:
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> From: Bill Cooke <cookewj at ...>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Big event over Northern Texas - just breaking in the news
> To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at ...>
> Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 9:05 PM
> 
> Raw data for this event from the ASGARD software - 1st column is time in seconds from 1:57:00 UT, second column is azimuth from North, third is elevation, and 4th is magnitude. Camera is located at 105.5285 W, 32.9033 N, 2221 m elevation.
> -3 from New Mexico, and that at an elevation of only 1 degree - this thing must have been absolutely brilliant in texas!
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>  
>   5.517
>   93.212
>   2.532
>   -0.91
>  
>  
>   5.55
>   93.225
>   2.437
>   -0.85
>  
>  
>   5.584
>   93.178
>   2.257
>   -1.11
>  
>  
>   5.784
>   92.992
>   2.196
>   -0.9
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>  
>   5.917
>   92.944
>   2.001
>   -1.07
>  
>  
>   5.951
>   92.903
>   2.114
>   -0.85
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>  
>   6.017
>   93.013
>   2.325
>   -1.35
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>  
>   6.051
>   92.86
>   2.092
>   -1.04
>  
>  
>   6.084
>   92.83
>   2.11
>   -1.59
>  
>  
>   6.117
>   92.968
>   2.317
>   -1.61
>  
>  
>   6.151
>   92.813
>   2.069
>   -1.31
>  
>  
>   6.184
>   92.948
>   1.977
>   -1.62
>  
>  
>   6.218
>   92.785
>   2.254
>   -1.64
>  
>  
>   6.251
>   92.755
>   1.998
>   -1.06
>  
>  
>   6.284
>   92.864
>   2.097
>   -1.32
>  
>  
>   6.318
>   92.851
>   1.926
>   -1.49
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>  
>   6.351
>   92.851
>   1.859
>   -0.93
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>  
>   6.384
>   92.804
>   2.071
>   -1.43
>  
>  
>   6.418
>   92.619
>   2.327
>   -1.35
>  
>  
>   6.451
>   92.718
>   2.174
>   -1.14
>  
>  
>   6.518
>   92.806
>   1.969
>   -1.39
>  
>  
>   6.551
>   92.792
>   1.938
>   -1.74
>  
>  
>   6.585
>   92.722
>   1.932
>   -2.05
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>  
>   6.618
>   92.751
>   1.981
>   -2.21
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>   6.651
>   92.677
>   2.041
>   -2.11
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>  
>   6.685
>   92.595
>   1.883
>   -2.18
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>   6.718
>   92.595
>   1.888
>   -2.16
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>  
>   6.751
>   92.683
>   1.829
>   -2.1
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>  
>   6.785
>   92.557
>   1.725
>   -2.3
>  
>  
>   6.818
>   92.57
>   1.877
>   -2.25
>  
>  
>   6.852
>   92.51
>   1.834
>   -2.02
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>  
>   6.885
>   92.533
>   1.711
>   -2.25
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>  
>   6.918
>   92.578
>   1.795
>   -2.06
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>  
>   6.952
>   92.595
>   1.803
>   -2.16
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>   6.985
>   92.462
>   1.815
>   -2.15
>  
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>   7.018
>   92.516
>   1.589
>   -2.32
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>   7.052
>   92.569
>   1.809
>   -2.51
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>   7.085
>   92.469
>   1.621
>   -2.74
>  
>  
>   7.118
>   92.409
>   1.718
>   -2.83
>  
>  
>   7.152
>   92.446
>   1.774
>   -2.94
>  
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>   7.185
>   92.469
>   1.644
>   -2.94
>  
>  
>   7.219
>   92.439
>   1.633
>   -2.93
>  
>  
>   7.252
>   92.413
>   1.639
>   -3.2
>  
>  
>   7.285
>   92.427
>   1.641
>   -3.14
>  
>  
>   7.319
>   92.39
>   1.554
>   -3.03
>  
>  
>   7.352
>   92.392
>   1.618
>   -2.91
>  
>  
>   7.385
>   92.303
>   1.612
>   -3.04
>  
>  
>   7.419
>   92.367
>   1.631
>   -3.08
>  
>  
>   7.452
>   92.353
>   1.645
>   -3.23
>  
>  
>   7.486
>   92.358
>   1.517
>   -3.17
>  
>  
>   7.519
>   92.335
>   1.681
>   -3.24
>  
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>   7.552
>   92.303
>   1.383
>   -3.22
>  
>  
>   7.586
>   92.328
>   1.546
>   -3.41
>  
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>   7.619
>   92.262
>   1.515
>   -3.37
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>   7.652
>   92.255
>   1.423
>   -3.47
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>   7.686
>   92.241
>   1.451
>   -3.43
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>   7.719
>   92.218
>   1.469
>   -3.45
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>  
>   7.752
>   92.22
>   1.353
>   -3.44
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>  
>   7.786
>   92.199
>   1.423
>   -3.4
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>  
>   7.819
>   92.171
>   1.404
>   -3.55
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>  
>   7.853
>   92.151
>   1.294
>   -3.58
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>  
>   7.886
>   92.225
>   1.406
>   -3.63
>  
>  
>   7.919
>   92.188
>   1.383
>   -3.73
>  
>  
>   7.953
>   92.132
>   1.164
>   -3.56
>  
>  
>   7.986
>   92.181
>   1.153
>   -3.76
>  
>  
>   8.019
>   92.117
>   1.215
>   -3.59
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>   8.053
>   92.112
>   1.301
>   -3.5
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>   8.086
>   92.097
>   1.191
>   -3.46
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>   8.119
>   92.026
>   1.267
>   -3.29
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>   8.153
>   92.009
>   1.203
>   -3.33
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>   8.186
>   92.029
>   1.149
>   -3.31
>  
>  
>   8.22
>   92.059
>   1.175
>   -3.53
>  
>  
>   8.253
>   92.02
>   1.129
>   -3.66
>  
>  
>   8.286
>   92.044
>   1.139
>   -3.59
>  
>  
>   8.32
>   92.013
>   1.177
>   -3.42
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>   8.353
>   91.917
>   1.167
>   -3.35
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>   8.386
>   91.957
>   1.193
>   -3.42
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>   8.42
>   91.952
>   1.05
>   -3.51
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>   8.453
>   91.858
>   1.024
>   -3.44
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>   8.486
>   91.901
>   1.117
>   -3.48
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>   8.52
>   91.941
>   1.139
>   -3.47
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>   8.553
>   91.897
>   1.059
>   -3.65
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>   8.587
>   91.868
>   1.033
>   -3.61
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>   8.62
>   91.835
>   1.057
>   -3.6
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>   8.653
>   91.834
>   1.066
>   -3.33
>  
>  
>   8.687
>   91.785
>   1.101
>   -3.25
>  
>  
>   8.72
>   91.836
>   0.999
>   -3.42
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>  
>   8.753
>   91.752
>   0.956
>   -3.35
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>   8.887
>   91.677
>   0.848
>   -3.66
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>  
>   8.954
>   91.677
>   0.807
>   -3.27
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>  
>   9.12
>   91.624
>   0.841
>   -3.11
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> On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Bill Cooke wrote:
> Must be a very big event - our camera in Mayhill, NM spotted it on the far eastern horizon at 01:57:07 UT.
> Bill CookeNASA Meteoroid Environments Office
> On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:29 PM, James Beauchamp wrote:
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> Texas folks - please check the cameras.  It's hitting the news now.  01:57:10 UTC.  Big one.
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