(meteorobs) Two Fireballs on March 5, 2012

bob alongi bob71741 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 08:36:28 EST 2012


Mike - What is the legend for these witness maps? (red/green people? blue/yellow lines?)

Thanks
Bob


--- On Tue, 3/6/12, Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Hankey <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Two Fireballs on March 5, 2012
> To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 3:48 PM
> Here are the witness maps for the two
> events:
> 
> http://amsmeteors.org/fireball2/ams-event-map2.php?year=2012&event_id=331
> 
> http://amsmeteors.org/fireball2/ams-event-map2.php?year=2012&event_id=327
> 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
> wrote:
> > The American Meteor Society has received reports of two
> more bright fireballs occurring on March 5th. We have
> received approximately 20 reports of the first fireball,
> which appeared near 5:35am CST (6:35am EST). It appeared
> over the mid-western states ranging from Alabama north to
> Ohio. The brightness of this fireball was equivalent to the
> half illuminated moon and the most mentioned color was
> blue-white. Refer to event #327 in the AMS Fireball Table.
> >
> > The second fireball occurred near 20:00 EST (8:00pm)
> and was seen over the northeastern states ranging from
> Virginia northward to Massachusetts. The nearly 60 reports
> indicate a peak brightness near that of the half illuminated
> moon and a blue-white or green-white color. Refer to event
> #331 in the AMS Fireball Table.
> >
> > The March 2012 AMS fireball table may be accessed at:
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2012-01-01&end_date=2012-12-31
> >
> > Clear Skies!
> >
> > Robert Lunsford
> > American Meteor Society
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