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Re: (meteorobs) Persistent Train
Sounds more like a -6 or more to me... :)
Jure A.
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> Od: Dave English <prospector@sd.znet.com>
> Za: meteorobs@jovian.com
> Zadeva: (meteorobs) Persistent Train
> Datum: 21. oktober 1999 21:07
>
> Last night I was able to get in a few hours observing. At about
> 3:20 AM a fast -2 to -4 mag. meteor flashed a short 10 degrees or so
> between the Gemini stars Castor and Pollux, north of Orions Belt,
> leaving behind a smoky train that persisted for more than two minutes.
> Before the train dispersed it moved well out from between the stars
> toward the northwest.
>
> I hope Bob Lunsford saw this to give a better magnitute rating
> and say how long the train was visible as it fades out much quicker in
> my light polluted area. I couldn't see the Andromeda Galaxy without my
> binoculars. As for the meteor, I saw it at the limits of bending my
> head backwards as it appeared exactly opposite of the direction I was
> facing but I was able to see it all.
>
> Something I was wondering, I figured the train was about 1150
> feet wide (350 meters), aproximately .25 degree at 50 miles (80 km).
> So, what are the dynamics, in plain English, to cause a golf ball
> sized meteor 1.75 inch (44.45 mm) to spray a train out over 7800
> times its own width?
>
> Clear skies at last. Dave English
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