Yes, the fantastic photo from O'Brien's at the Cliffs of Moher on the west coast of Ireland suggests most of the UK fireball completely crossed Ireland and headed out over the north Atlantic. Given that it was already fragmenting when it passed north of Preston, UK, the altitude must have been very high and the entry angle extremely shallow. I suggest there's a chance that some of the meteoroid made it back into space, a la the Great Daylight Meteor over the Grand Tetons in '72.
--Rob -----Original Message----- From: Graham Ensor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 4:34 PM To: Rob Matson Cc: Martin Goff; Alexander Seidel; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Addendum on UK fireball There are several reports though of it still burning up as it traveled across Ireland....fingers crossed that somebody finds something unusual lying around out there but think it probably headed out past Ireland....unless some came down on the west coast were I found my last one....was only there again this spring hunting. G ______________________________________________ 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
