Re: (meteorobs) Should I fill in Fireball report

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Should I fill in Fireball report
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Thu, 22 Oct 98 10:03:15 -0400
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Oct 98 06:46:37 -0000." <199810221040.GAA30368@adan.kingstondot net>
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>I was under the impression that a fireball had to be -4 or greater

There was some confusion a while back about that: MIAC (the Canadian
fireball group) wants only -4 or brighter. But other groups I know
(NAMN, IMO, AMS) consider any meteor -3 or better to be a fireball.

The Dutch Meteor Society on the other hand, opens up their reporting
form to "anything strange... such as bright fireballs or any object
[in] the sky which you cannot identify"! :)

By the way, DMS has an excellent meteor resource site on the Web:
        http://home.wxsdot nl/~terkuile/

Clear skies,
Lew

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