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Re: (meteorobs) Re: shimmers



In a message dated 10/31/00 3:02:47 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
richardsont@cofcdot edu writes:

terry<< The object (objects) appeared to come right out of
 Perseus and was a nebulous blob 0.5 degrees in diameter (it struck me as
 being the same size as the full moon) and about +3 or +4 in magnitude. It
 was entirely diffuse with no sparkles or shimmers within and it glowed,
 faded out completely or almost so, and then reappeared and continued to
 final extinction. >>

Sounds like you seen a meteor coming right out of the radiant ( a pointer) 
that shedded off the incandescent portion of the meteoroid, causing a brief 
extinguishment. Then very shortly afterwards the exposed fresh material began 
to glow. There probably was no "skipping" off the atmosphere....just a 
straight on trajectory. The meteoroid would be too fragile to survive a 
directional change that would take it back out of the atmosphere....even if 
the atmosphere could cause such a change.
GeoZay 
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