Re: (meteorobs) Earlier fireball releases.

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Earlier fireball releases.
• From: Thomas Ashcraft <72632.1427@compuserve.com>
• Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 14:33:10 -0400
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BILL H. WROTE:  >>>One of the things I wonder about, is how a faint fire
ball it could pickup.<<<

Bill,

If you are asking about the US defense satellite detection system I think
the minimum fireball they can sense is something like -17 magnitude. (
Someone please correct me if this isn't correct.)  I believe that their
coverage does span the whole planet though. 

It takes a very large flash to set off their sensors.

Clear skies,
Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico 

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