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(meteorobs) Fwd: possible large meteor sighted in Andover, MN
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Karla, it certainly sounds like you saw a very bright meteor or "fireball".
The larger a particle from space is (and the faster it's moving relative to
the Earth), the brighter it'll be when it burns up in our atmosphere! So a
pebble-size particle may look like a "normal" shooting star, where as one
the size of a basketball may be brighter than anything but the Moon and Sun!
If you can still remember any details about this event - such as how high
up in the sky the meteor first appeared, and how high up it ended, or any
"features" of the event, such as sounds, fragmentation or "sparkling", etc.,
then you should definitely try to fill out a report for what you saw! There
is a worldwide database of such sightings, and you can fill out a form on
the Web to enter your observation right into this database:
http://www.imodot net/fireball/report.html
Clear skies!
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 22:42:18 -0500
From: Karla S Larson <lars0547@tc.umndot edu>
To: meteorobs@jovian.com
Subject: possible large meteor sighted in Andover, MN
At approximately 10:15 p.m. on September 17, 1999 we observed a large
ball of light burn across the sky above Andover, MN going from North to
South. Can this be verified by anyone? What exactly was it? Please
reply to:
dkskalars@juno.com
Thanks for your help! It was really strange. We've never seen anything
that huge before!
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