Was Halley a heavy smoker? I hope Mr. Braidman is amused. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:45:13 -0400 > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It's from the ashtray belt! > > Surely he jests! However, if someone actually believes that the "ashtray > belt" exists, they could easily be the butt of that joke. :-) > > Ed > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:08 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] It's from the ashtray belt! > > > > The Oakland Tribune reports the exploding streaks were especially visible > > Wednesday night over the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of > > Northern > > California, with reports of bright fireballs and loud booms from Santa > > Cruz > > County to Mendocino County. > > > > "Happened to look over, saw like a crescent shaped object, reddish orange > > in color," Edward Pierce told KGO-TV. "As it went away it started getting > > larger. Kind of expanding." > > > > Jonathan Braidman, an astronomer at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science > > Center, told the station what Pierce and others saw were small, car-sized > > pieces of rock and metal from the ashtray belt. > > > > It crashed through the earth's atmosphere, "ionizing and setting the air > > on > > fire in its wake," he said. > > > > National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson tells the Tribune that > > warm temperatures and cloud-free skies are making the bright lights more > > visible, a phenomenon that should only increase as the weekend approaches > > and > > the shower continues. > > > > The fireballs are part of the large, fast Orionid meteor shower, so-named > > because it has the Orion constellation as a backdrop. > > > > _http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/18/stunning-meteor-showers-blaze-across-cali > > fornia-sky/#page=1%3Ficid_ > > (http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/18/stunning-meteor-showers-blaze-across-california-sky/#page=1?icid) > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > ______________________________________________
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