Re: (meteorobs) Re: [nhas] Did you hear any Leonids?

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• From: Rob McNaught <rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.AU>
• Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 07:46:24 +1100 (EST)
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Likewise myself and 7 others noted no electrophonics.  Four were non
astronomers and wouldn't have known not to believe their ears.  The problem I
have with the current theory is that it requires the meteors to be large and
have a turbulent wake.  So we need another theory to explain electrophonics
from faint meteors.  If they are dismissed as being of psychological origin
it casts doubt on the existence of a real effect for brighter ones.  However
some of this evidence for brighter ones is compelling.

Cheers, Rob, who once heard electrophonics from a mag +1 meteor before
seeing it.

Robert H. McNaught
rmn@aaocbn.aaodot gov.au

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• (meteorobs) Re: [nhas] Did you hear any Leonids?
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>

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