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Re: (meteorobs) Fireball(?) sighting, Amherst VA USA, 28 Jan 2001

Wow, this is fascinating!  I only live a few miles away from Amherst
between Amherst, Monroe and Madison Heights.  It is possible that I may
have seen this if it were not for the fact that I was busy caring for my
ill wife, son and infant daughter.  Fortunately they are all better now. 
In February I should be able to look to the skies more.  I say again wow,
right in my own backyard!
		In Astronomical Affinity - Felix A. Martinez
			Amherst County, Virginia USA

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:03:06 -0500 Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>
writes:
> 
> 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 
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> MANUALLY put 'seanman1414@yahoo.com' in the "Cc:" line of your 
> reply!
> 
> Clear skies,
> Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>
> 
> ------- Forwarded Message
> 
> 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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