Re: (meteorobs) Oct 20/21B 1998 fireball report

• To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Oct 20/21B 1998 fireball report
• From: NAtlantis@aol.com
• Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 07:11:10 EST
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latrade.com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

In a message dated 98-11-02 23:15:32 EST, you write:

<< PERSISTENT TRAIN:  Yes, 8 minutes! >>
Is that possible?    I can't remember ever hearing of such a slow fireball...
how would someone distinguish such an observation from a flare?   & If this
was a fireball how is it that one manages to pass so slowly through the
atmosphere while still generating enough frictional energy to be luminous?   


                                                  John  in  Mt. Pleasant, SC
                                                   NAtlantis@AOL.COM
                                                    

• Re: (meteorobs) Oct 20/21B 1998 fireball report
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>

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