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RE: (meteorobs) FWD: Green fireball?
My wife and I saw a brilliant green fireball yesterday evening about
7:17. We were in the car driving East when it flared up in front of us.
My first thought was that I've never seen a meteor like that and that it
almost looked like fireworks.
Following is some data:
Date/Time 3/31/98 19:17 (UT 4/1/98 1:17)
Location Central Arkansas near Guy. Between Conway and Heber Springs
Magnitude -8
Speed Slow
Duration About 2 seconds
Length I saw About 45 degrees Not sure where it started
Path seemed to go from about 5 degrees below Denebola and ended about 5
degrees above Arcturus.
In general from south up high to low in the east. Did not go to the
horizon, but burned up or went out.
Color - A bright green.
Observed no train and no fragmentation
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> From: JoAnne S. <Claros10@aol.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:32:53 EST
> To: meteorobs@latrade.com
> Subject: Green fireball?
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> I found this spot by looking for meteor pages. While I don't think
> the green
> fireball I saw was a meteorite, I have no idea what it was.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks. JoAnne S.
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