(meteorobs) Mid-Eastern USA Fireball January 27, 2013

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>From the SeeSat-L site:
 
The American Meteor Society has compiled 30 fireball  reports from eight 
(8) eastern U.S. states that correlate with the
time and  trajectory of the final descent of Cosmos 1484 (83075A /  14207):

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/206

On 2013  Jan 28 at 02:38:00, USSTRATCOM reported the time of decay as 2013 
Jan 28 02:27  UTC, +/- 17 min. In view of the
many sightings, I would not be surprised to  see a later update with a 
narrower uncertainty.

Ted  Molczan




In a message dated 1/28/2013 9:41:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lunro.imo.usa at cox.net writes:

The  American Meteor Society has received 30 reports of a bright meteor 
that  occurred near 2130 (9:30pm EST) on Sunday evening January 27, 2013. 
Brightness  estimates of this fireball vary considerably, but the average lies 
near  magnitude -13, which equals the light produced by the full moon. Every 
color  of the rainbow has been reported with orange and yellow being most 
mentioned.  The area in which this object was seen is extraordinarily large, 
indicating  the possibility that two fireballs may have occurred at a similar 
time. The  witnesses range from mid-New York to northern Georgia and South 
Carolina. A  preliminary flight path indicates this object roughly followed 
the Mason-Dixon  Line westward toward Ohio. No reports have been received 
over the flight path,  perhaps due to cloudy skies? Individual reports may be 
viewed in the 2013 AMS  Fireball Table located at:  
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/206#top

Clear  Skies!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor  Society
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