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 ______________________________________________ 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
