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Re: (meteorobs) today's news
In a message dated 11/11/2000 6:33:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
peter@max.arc.nasadot gov writes:
<< Thank you for pointing me to the 1:56 UT fireball observations of
November 18, 1999, and the work done on reconstructing its trajectory.
It is good to follow up on these observations and go into detail. I'm
happy to see that this effort was made. This was sure an exceptionally
bright event.
Interestingly enough, we observed a -12 fireball at 1:52:34 UT that
same night. We were between Israel and Greece at the time.
However, that event was not quite as well observed as the 04:00:29 UT
fireball. I do hope further information on this fireball will surface.
However, I notice in some accounts that the observers were already
on their way home. At 4 UT, the Leonid rates had dropped and the weather
conditions were rather bad.
The lesson might be to keep at it, even if clouds (and Moon) work against
you. The Leonid shower offers many surprises.
>>
Dear Peter Jenniskens:
Hi. Are you speaking here of a possible Leonid fireball? I was of the
impression
that most (nearly all?) extremely bright fireballs like this are associated
with asteroids or are space junk, not with meteor showers. Would appreciate
information on this.
Clear skies,
Bob Young
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