(meteorobs) Curved traces

[George Gliba]

Only a few times have I seen a curved meteor.  They are rare.  One I 
clearly remember
was near the Perseid radiant did exactly what Joe described.

Starry Skies,
GWG



On 5/2/14 10:12 AM, Skywayinc at aol.com wrote:
> The only time I ever saw a meteor on a curved path was during the 
> Leonid outburst in 1969.
> I saw a "radial" meteor . . . that is, coming almost directly out of 
> the radiant.  But instead of appearing as point of light, it described 
> a very small semicircle; a curve perhaps measuring no more than a half 
> degree across.
> This Leonid appeared to curve in a clockwise direction, was about -1
> magnitude and appeared a very distinct aquamarine in color. It 
> ended as what might be described as a vaporous "puff" that lasted 
> about five seconds.
> I still have a vivid memory of it, even after 45 years.
> -- joe rao
> In a message dated 5/2/2014 4:19:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> pavel-syr at yandex.ru writes:
>
>     Hi, group!
>
>     I just would like to know, whether do really exist meteors with
>     curved traces ?
>
>     I'm very interested about this question because a few days ago -
>     21 April -  I really saw such meteor with very curved trace: it
>     has changed trace on approximately 130 degrees ! - it trajectory
>     almost reversed. It was very like on a tennis ball, which  jumped
>     aside from wall. It's color was blue and probably it belongs to
>     Lyrids shower.
>
>     Earlier, I already heard a few similar reports about such traces
>     from several absolutely different observers - on my opinion, it
>     didn't on a mistakes or optical illusion...
>
>
>     Pavel from Northern Russia.
>
>     Clear skies!
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