(meteorobs) Triangulation of Hawley and Oklahoma City videos

Matson, Robert D. ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
Thu Feb 2 20:15:37 EST 2012


Hi All,

Both the Moon and Jupiter are easily visible in the Hawley video,
providing astrometric references for estimating the azimuth of
termination for the meteor. I get azimuths of around 75-80 degrees
depending on how close the center of the field of view is to
nadir. In any case, that direction rules out the Richland
Chambers Reservoir radar returns, which are definitely too far
southwest to be a match.

Triangulating the Hawley camera and the Oklahoma City camera,
the location has to be somewhere in the quadrant NE of Dallas,
perhaps near Plano or Allen, TX. (There *are* some radar
returns just west of Allen, TX -- they're not much to look
at, but they show up in the DFW, Ft. Hood and Shreveport
radars.)  --Rob




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