(meteorobs) Curved traces

George Gliba gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri May 2 11:32:59 EDT 2014


   I remember observing a bright Perseid meteor train with binoculars
that, although it had a straight path, had a train that looked somewhat
like this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>

That actually looked more like a 3D cork screw, as if it had been in rapid
rotation with a tubular, but straight, trail geometry moments earlier.

GWG



On 5/2/14 11:10 AM, Bias, Peter V wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> Your response evokes a memory I have of that very same shower in 1969 
> (from Cincinnati, Ohio), a memory that I wrote about in my book: I saw 
> several bright, long Leonid meteors that appeared to spin as they 
> dived for the horizon. They didn't have curved paths, but they did 
> have odd appearances.
>
>     Pete
>
> *From:*meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org 
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] *On Behalf Of *Skywayinc at aol.com
> *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2014 10:12 AM
> *To:* meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> *Subject:* Re: (meteorobs) Curved traces
>
> 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 <mailto: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!
>     _______________________________________________
>     meteorobs mailing list
>     meteorobs at meteorobs.org <mailto:meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>     http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> meteorobs mailing list
> meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> http://lists.meteorobs.org/mailman/listinfo/meteorobs

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.meteorobs.org/pipermail/meteorobs/attachments/20140502/7f79e444/attachment-0001.html 


More information about the meteorobs mailing list