Hey Rob, Nice find. A few more reports have come in, one with a nice video.
https://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2018/1924 The tractor shed seen in the video, I believe is just 200 meters south of the witness reported location. Looking at the surrounding buildings I'm pretty sure this is it. The lat/lon for the building in the video is: -26.743427° 26.222917° Thanks, Mike On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 8:22 PM, Matson, Rob D. via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Catalina Sky Survey has done it again -- discovery of an impacting NEO, this > time > just 8 1/2 hours prior to impact. CSS discovered the NEO at 8:14 UT today > (1:14 am > MST), and a bright vapor trail was seen to the north of observer Dhiraj S in > Botswana > (24° 37' 21'' S, 25° 54' 57'' E) at 16:44 UT, consistent with both the time > and location > of the asteroid's predicted trajectory: > > http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/report/142364 > > Bill Gray's time/location plot for predicted impact: > > https://projectpluto.com/temp/z.png > > Yellow cross-hairs are the observer's location. Asteroid size pretty similar > to that of > impactor 2008 TC3 that ultimately resulted in meteorites recovered from > Almahata > Sitta in northern Sudan. Unfortunately, due to the short time between > discovery and > impact, very few observations (12?) made of the impacting body (temporary > designation > ZLAF9B2) on this occasion. Compare that with almost 800 observations of 2008 > TC3. > > --Rob > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
