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(meteorobs) Fwd: DoD Fireball Detection
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:01:47 -0500
From: Peter Brown <peter@danlon.physics.uwodot ca>
To: [...]
Subject: DoD Fireball Detection
Fireball Detection
On 5 December 1999, infrared sensors aboard DOD satellites detected
the impact of a meteoroid at 10:17:58 UTC about midway between
Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama. The object was first detected at
about 33.1 North Latitude, 85.9 West Longitude, at an altitude of
approximately 74 km. It was traveling on a path from just east of
north to just west of south, at an angle of about 55 from the
horizontal. It was last tracked at an altitude of approximately 23km
at 33.0 North Latitude, 86.1 West Longitude.
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