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Re: (meteorobs) The Existence Of Super-Fast Meteors



I might know what you are talking about. I think I saw
what you are talking about one evening.               
Paula
--- Mark Fox <unclefireballmtf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> June 30, 2002
> 
> Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!
> 
> This e-mail is in reference to my June 27/28
> observations.   Although I reported seeing not a 
> single "conclusive" meteor during the whole watch, I
> still may have seen a couple...  This is where I
> would
> like to talk about the existence of super-fast 
> meteors.  Now, I am not simply implying meteors of
> speed 5, or a fast Leonid; I am instead talking
> about
> the meteors that you thought you didn't see; the
> ones
> so fast that they last only a split second at
> most---
> not long enough for many observers to attribute them
> 
> as meteors.   I possibly could have seen as many as
> three of these suspected meteors.  I know something
> clicked in my noodle during those instances, and
> hesitate the possibility that they were just brought
> upon by weariness or the like.  Is it possible that
> there does exist super-fast meteors greater than the
> commonly used 1-5 speed scale, ones so fast that
> they
> have gone undetected by many observers, or
> attributed
> to a number of physical factors?   
> 
> Long, glowing, super-fast meteors!
> 
> Mark Fox
> Newaygo, MI USA
> Coordinates: 43 deg. 27' N, 85 deg. 49' W 
> 
> 
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