(meteorobs) Re: Lyrid fireball?

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Re: Lyrid fireball?
• From: Robert Lunsford <lunro.imo.usa@home.com>
• Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:59:19 -0700
• Organization: ALPOMS, AMS, & IMO
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Ed,

While the Lyrids are known for producing fireballs they would be quite
infrequent at this early date. Chances are it was a sporadic but you
never know!

Clear Skies!

Bob Lunsford
 

Ed Cannon wrote:
> 
> Someone in Austin, Texas, saw a very bright fireball at
> about 5:15 on April 16 UTC:
> 
> "I saw the most fantastic meteor! The meteor was at least
> as big as my fist and brilliant orange. It streaked across
> the sky like a giant bottle rocket for about three seconds
> from east to west in the northern sky."
> 
> The Lyrid radiant was up, low in the east.  Are the early
> Lyrids known for fireballs such as that?
> 
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
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