RE: (meteorobs) Long Duration Fireballs

• To: "'meteorobs@latrade.com'" <meteorobs@latrade.com>
• Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Long Duration Fireballs
• From: franklin e miller <millerfe@tde.com>
• Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 09:20:12 -0600
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
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I think what George may be seeing is the debris from several
failed launches last month.  Usually meteors do not last that long.
If they are meteors then the radiant must be near the horizon.  
Do the dates seen change in the pattern of an orbit going over
your location?

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From: 	jungbo@mail.nitq.go.kr[SMTP:jungbo@mail.nitq.go.kr]
Sent: 	Friday, September 19, 1997 10:58 PM
To: 	meteorobs@latrade.com
Subject: 	Re: (meteorobs) Long Duration Fireballs

GeoZay@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Does anybody have any idea as to how often/year could we expect to see long
> duration fireballs...that is fireballs that lasts longer than 20 seconds? Is
> there any apparent certain time of the year when these long duration
> fireballs occur?
> George Zay

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