Re: (meteorobs) Fewer fireballs from LEO 2001 (China) than LEO 1998 (USA)?

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fewer fireballs from LEO 2001 (China) than LEO 1998 (USA)?
• From: "Leo S." <l.stachowicz@btinternet.com>
• Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 15:47:52 +0000
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I observed in 98,but it was the first  time i had ever observed meteors,and 
i observed from behind glass and indoors from my home in London,UK. So what 
i did see was probably much less than i would have seen if i had been 
outdoors and observing from a dark sky ...I probably was observing 1/2 the 
amount of sky which i had to watch in 2001.

Never the less,i am sure that i saw at least as many,and most probably more 
fireballs,and generally brighter than i saw observing the Leonids from dark 
skies Mt. Isa in Australia this year. The percentage of fireballs in 98 
which were into double figures was noticeably higher than in 2001. I have 
no numbers to back up these observations,and this is only the impression i 
got having observed both of those nights.

Leo

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• (meteorobs) Fewer fireballs from LEO 2001 (China) than LEO 1998 (USA)?
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@alum.mitdot edu>

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