Hi Robin, I want to thank you for all the detective work you've been doing on the Russian meteor -- particularly determining the locations of some of the video cameras that recorded either the bolide itself, or its contrail and sonic booms.
> This little-viewed video (603 views) by Axel Alex: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R99zvcrqXo8 > appears to be taken directly under the path of the meteor close to its > point of main conflagration (my terminology). From some coordinates > supplied by Serge in an email update, the text of which does not appear > on the above page. This was clearly taken at the coordinates Serge > supplied: 54.872644 N, 61.200792 E, with three smokestacks behind a > building: <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.872644+N,+61.200792+E&hl=en&ll=54.872687,61.20 2066&spn=0.004574,0.008497&sll=51.533333,55.008889&sspn=0.660343,0.582275&t=h&z= 17> This location is extremely close to the main disruption event (can't quite call it a terminal burst since a significant mass continues downrange from this point). Looks to be only 1 km north of the ground track of the bolide. Closest line-of-sight distance to the meteor track would have been just under 26 km. --Rob ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
