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(meteorobs) Re: extra-ordinary fireball events
In a message dated 96-07-08 11:48:05 EDT, you write:
<< Subj: Re: extra-ordinary fireball events
Date: 96-07-08 11:48:05 EDT
From: zolensky@snmail.jsc.nasadot gov
To: GeoZay@aoldot com
Hello
The planes fly over N. America, mainly the US and Alaska. They move
around their base of operations, and we would just have to see if they
are near any particular fireball - so this would only work if they
happened to be within 1,000 km of a fireball at a given time.
We are looking for fairly bright events, ones that the military record
from satellite - this means one of the 10 or so brightest in any given
year, whatever that means in actual magnitude.
As for how long after the event it is worth collecting - that will
depend upon how high the cloud is. We collect at 20km altitude.
Probably the cloud is drifting down from 50 to 20 km, somewhere in
there. So we have a few days at least for the higher clouds. Can you
tell anything regarding altitude for your sightings?
Mike Z
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Well, above is the reply I got from Mike zolensky pertaining to the NASA
program of recovering fireball dust via high flying aircraft. Sounds like
within the realm of possibilities if we have a "few days" to get our reports
to them. I'll be making a few more suggestions to him and see what he has to
say. I will forward to the list any responses.
George Z.