(meteorobs) FWD: How long was the tail?

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• Subject: (meteorobs) FWD: How long was the tail?
• From: Lew Gramer & Karen Simmons <lewkaren@tiacdot net>
• Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 23:00:52 -0400
• Cc: "Taren Patterson" <tpatters@norteldot ca>, lewkaren@tiacdot net
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Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@latrade.com>

>Date: 30 Jul 1998 13:44 EDT
>To: meteorobs@latrade.com
>From: "Taren Patterson" <tpatters@norteldot ca>
>Subject: How Long was the tail?
>
>First of all...I'm not even an amateur astronomer.  The other night when I 
>left work I just happend to look up in the east/south east sky and saw a
>brilliant blue meteor streaking across the sky.  I've seen hundred of
"falling
>stars", as I called them growing up on the plains of Kansas, but the tail on
>this one was extremely long.   I can't think of how to reference the length
>of the tail though.  I guess if you held your hands about eye level and about
>three feet apart...that's about how long the tail was.
>
>Is there any semi accurate way to judge tail length, altitude,
composition, etc.
>
>Thanks,
>TJ

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