Rob, Martin, That video seems very familiar...it may be a recycled video? I am not 100% certain. Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
--- On Sat, 9/22/12, Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball! > To: "Martin Goff" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 8:54 AM > Hi Martin, > > Given the east-to-west direction, space junk is extremely > unlikely. > (Very few manmade objects in such retrograde orbits.) > > Unfortunately, from your description it sounds like it most > likely > ended up going over Southport into the Irish Sea southeast > of the > Isle of Man. Your location is less than 60 km from the > coast. > > --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Martin > Goff > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 4:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball! > > Hi all, > > I have just been exceedingly fortunate to view a large > fragmenting > fireball over the UK. Absolutely amazing sight! Looked so > similar to > Peekskill with lots of fragmentation. Am unfortunately at > work all night > so unable to further research it but already there are > numerous reports > and sightings. A video of the event has been found here: > > (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df89jhMjLXY) > > Might be space junk? The fireball had a definite greenish > tinge at the > beginning. > > Going east to west. from the A627 in Chadderton, Oldham, > Lancashire. > Startpoint 25 degrees altitude, 90 degrees azimuth. Endpoint > 20 degrees > altitude, 290 degrees azimuth. visible for 40 seconds at > 22:55hrs > 21/9/12. Went from green to orange to yellow with lots of > fragmentation. > Am still gobsmacked that i saw it!!!! Hopefully it will have > dropped > some meteorites and hopefully not into the sea! > > Anyway back to work now :-( > > Cheers > > Martin > -- > Martin Goff > www.msg-meteorites.co.uk > IMCA #3387 > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
