Zig-zagging = tumbling space junk? MDF
> > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1143829.htm] > > Meteorite reported in southern WA > Australian Broadcasting Corporation > June 30, 2004 > > The Perth Observatory says it has had reports a meteor has crashed > near Walpole in Western Australia's south. > > Witnesses say they saw a large, fiery object zigzagging through the > sky at about 5:30pm yesterday. > > The witnesses say the object left a trail of thick smoke and then > they heard a bang. > > The observatory says it appears the object was travelling somewhere > between Perth and Albany in a south-south easterly direction. > > Walpole resident Heather Burton was in her backyard when she saw the > object. > > She says it was unlike a normal shooting star. > > "A shooting star usually just goes straight across or straight down > - this one had these gradual zigzags just coming down," she said. > > Alex Bevan from the WA Museum says the reports indicate the > sightings were the result of a fireball generated by a meteorite. > > "We're certainly picking up reports of a bright fireball and sonic > phenomena associated - I'm absolutely sure - with the fall of a > meteorite," Dr Bevan said. > > Dr Bevan says it will be difficult to find where the meteorite landed. > > "Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be as many observations, so > actually pinning down where the object landed might be a bit > difficult and in that area, the vegetation might mean searching for > it would be difficult," he said. > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- Marc D. Fries, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW Washington, DC 20015 PH: 202 478 7970 FAX: 202 478 8901 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
