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(meteorobs) Fireball(?) sighting, Amherst VA USA, 28 Jan 2001
Sent to the IMO's Telescopic Commission. Sean, your sighting sounds very much
like a "space junk" reentry - though it might also have been a fireball caused
by natural interplanetary dust! If you can recall more exact details about your
event, it may be worth submitting a report to the international Fireball Data
Center in Germany, via their Web form at:
http://www.imodot net/fireball/report.html
Note that with certain critical details, such as an exact time, an idea of how
bright your sighting was compared with other sky objects, and some indications
of where in the sky you saw the event, your report may end up being useful for
further scientific investigation of what you saw!
NOTE: Sean is not a current 'meteorobs' subscriber. If you follow up, please
MANUALLY put 'seanman1414@yahoo.com' in the "Cc:" line of your reply!
Clear skies,
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 16:25:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Sean Joyner <seanman1414@yahoo.com>
To: tele@imodot net
Subject: Meteor?
Tonight, January 28, 20001, I saw a what I believe to
be, a large meteor in the sky. This was very visible
and went through the sky at a slow rate os speed. I
was wondering If you had any thoughts to what this was
and where I could find a calendar to tell me when I
could find other like this in the future. Thank you.
Sean Joyner
Location: Amherst, Virginia
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