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G'day List,
The way I interpreted this is that it was probably
a meteor fragmenting before 'burn-out'. Read this line:
>A shooting star usually just goes straight
across or straight down - this one had these gradual zigzags just coming down,"
she said.
The resultant fragments could be seen as
"zig-zags"; kind of like fireworks. I've seen this phenomena a few times
myself.
Cheers,
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Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:35
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Reported
in Australia
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.
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