My wife just saw an amazing meteor in the UK.....Unfortunately I still had my head in the car unloading and missed it :-(
It must have been very spectacular further north as she observed at looking into the remainder of the glowing light from sunset and with a fair bit of light pollution....very low slow and distant. She reports as follows. Site Location: Town: Swannington County: Leicestershire Country: England Latitude: 52 ° 44 ’ 16.92 ” N Longitude: 01 ° 22 ’ 51.65 ” W Date / Time: Date (Year - Month - Date): 2010 - 12 - 08 Time: 17 h 39 m 00 s TimeZone GMT Visible duration (in seconds): at least 3 Train Details: large fragmenting fireball Sounds: None apparent Fragmentation: Yes Colours: White Large fragmenting fireball brighter than Jupiter but not as bright as the full moon travelling apparently east to west seen for the length of the plough directly below the plough, low, (3/4 above horizon 1/4 below plough) Initial start of hot flight not noticed so could have lasted longer. Seen through light pollution and probably too distant to hear associated sounds/detonations. If anyone else spots other reports please post to the list. Graham Ensor UK ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
