(meteorobs) Two Fireballs on March 5, 2012

Mike Hankey mike.hankey at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 09:19:52 EST 2012


Bob,

Here's the key:

Red people = saw movement left to right
Green people = saw movement right to left

Green line = first point of meteor witnessed
Yellow line = last point of meteor witnessed

Thanks,

Mike

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:36 AM, bob alongi <bob71741 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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