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Re: (meteorobs) Fabulous earthgrazer seen outside Dallas
Peter,
I saw one of these amazing "skipping Leonids" too (mine was an Earth
grazer), for the 1974 Leonid shower. It was my first real meteor shower and
I have never seen another one like it either from the Leonids or any other
shower since, even throughout the present "storm cycle"! Mine was at least
-6, maybe -8 and skipped through 120 degrees of sky just as you described.
I am reducing my data from the storm night and will share with the list
soon. I am considering asking for a modest lifetime extension so I will not
miss the next (scheduled) L storm in 2099! Best regards, Paul in FLA
>From: "Peter Brunone" <peter@brunone.com>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Fabulous earthgrazer seen outside Dallas
>Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:11:04 -0600
>
>
> I'm still fairly new to the meteor scene, so I hope I'm using that term
>correctly. At about 4:40AM Central US Time (GMT -6), my friends and I saw
>a
>fireball that took up approximately 20-30 degrees of sky. The trajectory
>marked it as a Leonid, but the most amazing thing about this one (to me)
>was
>that it skipped; right in the middle of its train, there was a gap of maybe
>5-10 degrees. The train remained for perhaps 10 seconds, allowing me to
>savor the moment.
>
> All in all, it was a fairly tame night, but there were some nice bright
>ones, with an occasional burst of ~5 per second. The moon couldn't shut
>them all out; man, now I'm really psyched for the Geminids, and it'll also
>be a *great* time to observe Saturn (we spent about 20 minutes before 4:00
>gazing at Jupiter and its four big moons... quite a sight).
>
>Clear skies!
>
>Peter Brunone
>
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