Congrats, Martin, for being in the right place at the right time! Must have been a gorgeous sighting, just like winning the lottery. As Rob already pointed out, seeing this going west it unlikely will or could have been a decaying satellite, as almost all of those are heading eastwards somehow, along with earth rotation direction, so what you saw was a spectacular fireball most likely originating from "the real stuff" ....
Did it drop something to Earth somewhere, and where is that "somewhere"? :-) Alex Berlin/Germany -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:09:30 +0100 > Von: Martin Goff <[email protected]> > An: Michael Farmer <[email protected]> > CC: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "Matson, Robert D." > <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball! > Mike, It was absolutely stunning! Am just amazed that i saw it as i > was on patrol in my vehicle. Right place, right time for once! > > Unfortunately it appears that it will have dropped anything into the sea > :-( > > Fingers crossed for otherwise though, you never know :-) > > Am a very happy chappy :-) > > Cheers > > Martin > > On 22/09/2012, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > wow, that would have been incredible to see in person! > > > > Michael Farmer > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:54 PM, "Matson, Robert D." > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> 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 > > > > > -- > 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
