Yes, 11:50 PM just like we have all been saying with only a couple exceptions. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom aka James Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DOD Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park Forest
> It is written, > "IR sensors aboard US DOD satellites detected the impact of a bolide over > Park Forest, Illinois, on 27 March 2003 at 05:50:26 UTC. The object > traveled from the SW to the NE on a heading of 22.3 degrees, with a > flight path angle of 62.3 degrees from the local horizontal." > > Ok, Now we know the exact time of the PF fall. Can anyone convert this to > PF's local time? > > Thanks, Tom > Peregrineflier > The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ron Baalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Meteorite Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 11:17 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] DOD Satellites Detect March 2003 Bolide Over Park > Forest > > > > > > http://phobos.astro.uwo.ca/~pbrown/usaf/dod231.txt > > > > Fireball Detection > > Department of Defense Announcement > > (courtesy of Peter Brown) > > July 7, 2003 > > > > IR sensors aboard US DOD satellites detected the impact of a bolide over > > Park Forest, Illinois, on 27 March 2003 at 05:50:26 UTC. The object > > traveled from the SW to the NE on a heading of 22.3 degrees, with a > > flight path angle of 62.3 degrees from the local horizontal. > > The straight line intersection of the flight path with the ground was at > > 41.56 North latitude, 87.67 West longitude. It was possible to derive a > > velocity for the object of 20 +/- 1 km/sec. The impact was simultaneously > > detected by space based visible wavelength sensors operated by the US > > Department of Energy. From these sensors the total radiated energy was > > estimated at 1.4 X 10^11 joules. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
