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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Statistics & Stationary Meteors
Although I have seen several short and very short meteors near radiants,
I have never called a true stationary one. For the very short ones,
another indication I have seen is the short wake (train lasting less
than a second) that many of the faster ones will leave.
Usually, the wakes last only a fraction of second after the trail,
but it is enough to convince me that it was meteor. I sometimes
have seen a single brief stationary flashes (without wakes), but
I expect that they were most likely just satellites?
Pierre
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I did see one bright stationary at the radiant years ago. The telltale
sign that it was a meteor was that the ionization trail bloomed around
the pinpoint of light for a second during and after the event itself.
kevin_wells@cohr,com
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Statistics & Stationary Meteors
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