[meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

2009-08-27 Thread rocks
Hi all, I've been following eyewitness reports of a fireball that was seen at around 9:00pm on August 24th over Canada. I made a blog post about it the next morning, where I compiled 25 eyewitness reports from Twitter users: http://www.argusrocks.com/blog Since I made that blog post,

Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

2009-08-27 Thread GeoZay
I've been following eyewitness reports of a fireball that was seen at around 9:00pm on August 24th over Canada. I made a blog post about it the next morning, where I compiled 25 eyewitness reports from Twitter users: I read these reports and this is what I've initially come up with...

Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

2009-08-27 Thread rocks
need to find one. --Noah - Original Message - From: geo...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada I've been following eyewitness reports of a fireball that was seen

Re: [meteorite-list] August 24th fireball over Canada

2009-08-27 Thread GeoZay
I read those comments, too (about it being 20 or 300 yards away). Here's what I'm thinking - there's a pretty common misunderstanding between distance and angular distance. We've all heard meteorite stories where someone claims it was right in front of me, only to find out later that