Hi Rob and all! I would guess, looking at the video, there are a lot of meteorites.
Jim Wooddell - Mobile Rob Matson <[email protected]> wrote: >Also -- the video from Dalbeattie, UK, showing the bolide fairly low >on the horizon moving left to right and nearly parallel to the horizon >confirms the shallow entry angle, the east-to-west motion, and suggests >that the ground track was much closer to Manchester & Liverpool than it >was to Dalbeattie. I believe the bolide traveled over the southern tip >of the Isle of Man, with perhaps a 10-15 degree northern component to the >trajectory (i.e. ESE to WNW toward bearing 280-285 deg) and ended up >somewhere south of Belfast. I'll keep pouring over the witness reports >to see if I can firm that up any. --Rob > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rob Matson [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:59 PM >To: Martin Goff; Alexander Seidel >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball! > > >It would help to know the orientation of his camera. He mentions that >the camera points nearly to zenith, with a slight tilt westward >toward Belfast, but he doesn't mention which direction "down" points >to (north, south, east, west, etc.) > >In any case, the very shallow entry angle of the bolide coupled with >the roughly east-to-west trajectory and the high elevation angle >from Bangor distinctly increases the probability that some if not >most of the meteoroid traversed the Irish Sea and made landfall in >Northern Ireland! If the bottom of the video faces south, then >the fall location would be somewhere southwest of Bangor. Given >that the ground track is known to have been north of Liverpool >and Manchester (going right-to-left as seen from those cities), >and observation from Newcastle would be very helpful in pinning >down the fall zone. --Rob > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Martin >Goff >Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 3:29 AM >To: Alexander Seidel >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large UK fireball! > > >Another video here > >http://m.youtube.com/#/user/meteorlog?desktop_uri=%2Fuser%2Fmeteorlog&gl=GB > >On 22/09/2012, Martin Goff <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thankyou Alex, I do feel blessed to have seen it from start to finish >> and from such a clear viewpoint as where I was, simply stunning :-) >> Would be even better to have a rock in the collection from an event >> such as this where you witnessed it yourself! However my hopes are low >> as I think the 'somewhere' is going to be in the sea :-( I really >> hope I am wrong though :-) >> >> Cheers >> >> Martin >> >> On 22/09/2012, Alexander Seidel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -- >> Martin Goff >> www.msg-meteorites.co.uk >> IMCA #3387 >> > > >-- >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
