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Re: (meteorobs) Another possibly-misidentified fireball
>http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/2962813p-2716565c.html
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>Bright lights in tri-county night sky were caused by
>meteor showers, experts say
Any time something like this happens at, or near, the maximum of a shower,
the "experts" instantly identify the unknown object as a member of the
shower. Often it came from the "showers." The experts include such
categories as meteorologists and non-observing professional astronomers.
They don't know a thing about meteor behavior, especially that most of the
major showers are not visible so early in the evening.
Concerning the spectacular reentry over Washington State a few years ago in
November, an unknowledgable astronomer pinned this object on the Leonids
despite the early evening appearance.
Norman
Norman W. McLeod III
Staff Advisor
American Meteor Society
Fort Myers, Florida
nmcleod@peganet.com
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