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Re: (meteorobs) Possible Meteors from Mars?
Hi.All
The late September to mid October has been a time that
Jim Gamble(EL Paso All Sky Camera) and myself have
watched for fireballs.I was lucky to have stood almost
directly under the October 3,1996 far west Texas
meteor event.One of the most amazing bolide meteors I
have ever seen.So you can understand my interest in
fireballs this time of year.There are so many bright
fireball and falls recorded in this time period
example the well known Peekskill event , October
9,1997 ElPaso Texas daylight airburst event and
several others I just cannot recall. You would think
by now that someone would have figured out where all
this activity is coming from.I have found records on
the internet as far back as the mid 1800's of activity
for the late September mid October period.
Just since September 17 this year there has been over
a dozen -5 magnitude or brighter fireballs recorded by
the all sky camera network in New Mexico and far West
Texas.I do believe these numbers will increase as we
go into the month of October as they do almost every
year.
As to the source of this activity I have read
everything from asteroid Hebe, to Mars, to the October
Draconids, to undiscoveried sources.I guess it comes
to what you wish to believe on this one.
Regards
Thomas Dorman
Far West Texas Skywatcher
Horizon City Texas
--- George Gliba <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov> wrote:
>
> Below is an interesting recent post from Robert
> Matson yesterday on
> the meteorite-list. Forwarded without permission.
>
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> [meteorite-list] October's fireballs
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> Matson, Robert ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com
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> Hi All,
>
> In addition to Zagami and Chassigny (btw I don't see
> Chassigny on the
> meteorite calendar for October 3rd), there are three
> others you can
> throw into the mix. 104 minutes prior to the
> 10/3/1996 Little Lake,
> California bolide that Steve mentioned, a similar
> meteor made a pass
> over eastern New Mexico and western Texas that was
> recorded on video
> from El Paso. For a while, it was thought they were
> the same object:
> an earth-grazer that skipped once off the
> atmosphere, went into low
> earth orbit, and entered over California one rev
> later, but they
> are now believe to be separate objects. (Wasn't
> there also a third
> bolide observed over the North Sea within a day of
> this pair?)
>
> We only have to go back to last year to add two more
> early-October
> events to the list: the one over Midlands, England
> on 10/6/2002,
> and one a day later over Colorado that was recorded
> by several
> cameras but has so far eluded recovery. Perhaps
> it's time to
> have another list contest where everyone guesses
> where the next
> recovered fall will be found (excluding the recent
> possible fall
> in India).
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
>
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