Another one in southern Sweden yesterday. Complete with light and sound.
Short notes in Swedish :
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=58360&a=1445278&printerfriendly=true
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=58360&a=1446198&printerfriendly=true
http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=58360&a=1445221&printerfriendly=true
"For a short while the night was turned into day." according to an
amateur astronomer.
/Göran
[email protected] wrote:
Hi Elton:
How many fireballs, etc. have been seen recently? I know there have been a
bunch, but would like to know how many there have been if anyone is
keeping a tally.
We have our regular "asteroid lunch" here in Tucson today and this would
make an interesting topic for our group.
Thanks
Larry
On Sun, February 15, 2009 8:45 pm, Mr EMan wrote:
I believe I've run to ground the space debris/ satellite collision/
Fireball confusion but see no way to get it back into Pandora's Box. What
happens on the Internet stays in the Internet!
A Notice to AIRMEM(NOTAM) was issued for the expected re-entry of an ISS
resupply rocket booster over Alberta Canada for approx 3-3:15 PM Friday
13 Feb. NOTAMS are national/international for aircraft flying into the
affected region. This booster was on time but skipped back and finally
reentered over the South Atlantic off the West coast of Africa 15 min
later. The NOTAM did not immediately expire I forget how long NOTAMs
remain in effect.
A reporter called the FAA who called the National Weather Service or vice
versa regarding a fireball over Kentucky and some mal-informed
representative sees the Alberta NOTAM all the while reports of a
satellite collision are still creeping across the CNN screen and connects
the wrong two plus two.
It is picked up by the news wire and suddenly the sky is falling
everywhere as parts of the Iridium and Kosmos suddenly start dropping
straight down from orbit Wiley Coyote/Hollywood style--Oh yeah and
starting barn fires in Lily Kentucky which never stop burning and can't
be extinguished. DUH!
Back to a general note: we are seeing weekly and monthly spaced major
fireballs including large meteorite falls. Statistics tell me that we are
only sampling a portion of a much larger asteroidal debris field in
crossing earth orbit. Is anyone aware of a more formal study accessing a
distant collision in the asteroid belt that has sent a fresh supply of
material our way? I surmised a few years ago that Feb also seemed to
have a cluster of falls toward the end of the month. Has anyone on the
list looked at the fall log or fireball log at Amsmeteors.org for any
recurring clusters? Be back later, I am finishing my Kevlar titanium
umbrella hard hat.
Elton
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Dark Matter <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dark Matter <[email protected]>
Subject: [meteorite-list] looks promising...for something
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 9:44 PM
Texans report fireball in sky, sonic booms
-Video shot in Austin, Texas, shows meteor-like object in
sky Sunday morning -Fireball sightings, reports of sonic booms come days
after satellite collision in space -FAA told U.S. pilots to watch for
"falling space
debris" -No reports of ground strikes or interference with
aircraft, FAA spokesman says
(CNN) -- Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky
were reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites
collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration
asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/15/texas.sky.debris/index.html
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