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Re: (meteorobs) David Letterman's fireball observation
There are a number of visual sightings on sci.astro.amateur, see
http://x35dot deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536085806&CONTEXT=939866517.791871631&hitnum=3
Apparently, it was also a bolide (terminal fragmentation).
There are many recent s.a.a. reports about heightened meteor activity
(Orionids).
Skywayinc@aol.com wrote:
>
> As some of you may know, I serve as a staff instructor and guest lecturer
> at New York's Hayden Planetarium. Earlier today, I received a phone call
> from Amie Gallagher of the planetarium staff, asking me if I could answer a
> question that was phoned-in by, of all people, David Letterman's personal
> secretary.
>
> It turns out, that while he was driving back to his home in Connecticut
> on Tuesday night at around 9:45 p.m., he saw a " . . . greenish ball of fire
> in the sky" drop straight down in front of him before disappearing. He
> wanted to know what it might have been. I told the secretary that it was
> probably an unusually bright meteor. I then spent a few minutes chatting
> with her, and giving her some URL's of a few web-sites that Dave might want
> to check out concerning meteors. I even told her about next month's
> potential big Leonid shower.
>
> She was so happy and appreciative for getting so much information to pass
> along to Dave, that I ended up getting two passes (on their so-called
> "Diamond List" no less) to the November 4 taping of "The Late Show." I'm not
> really a big fan of Letterman, so I'm giving the passes to my sister (who
> adores him).
>
> Amazing how much a little chunk of cosmic debris can get you!
>
> -- joe rao
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