[meteorite-list] Circumstances of fireball associated with Salzwedel fall November 1985

2010-07-14 Thread David Entwistle
Hi, Does anyone have any references, or recollection, of the circumstances of the fireball which proceeded the meteorite fall at Salzwedel on the 14th November, 1985. Direction of travel, magnitude, locations of observers - that sort of thing? Met. Bull. No. 64, Meteoritics_ 21*, 309-313

[meteorite-list] Circumstances of fireball associated with Salzwedel fall November 1985

2010-07-14 Thread bernd . pauli
David inquired: Does anyone have any references, or recollection, of the circumstances of the fireball which proceeded the meteorite fall at Salzwedel on the 14th November, 1985. Direction of travel, magnitude, locations of observers - that sort of thing?...I'm curious to know if it could

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2010-07-14 Thread Darren Garrison
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2010-07-14 Thread E.P. Grondine
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2010-07-14 Thread Sterling K. Webb
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Re: [meteorite-list] More photoshopped moon landing sites

2010-07-14 Thread Alexander Seidel
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2010-07-14 Thread Ron Baalke
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2010-07-14 Thread Greg Catterton
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Re: [meteorite-list] Circumstances of fireball associated with Salzwedel fall November 1985

2010-07-14 Thread David Entwistle
In message diie.00974...@paulinet.de, bernd.pa...@paulinet.de writes Hello David and List, I can come up with two important references: RENDTEL J. and KNÖFEL A. (1986) Meteroitenfall in Hohenlangenbeck (Sterne 62, 181-183). RENDTEL J., KNÖFEL A. and SCHARFF P. (1986) Meteoritenfall

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2010-07-14 Thread Meteorites USA
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2010-07-14 Thread David Norton
Great job! One missing point of interest is the area (dimensions) of the strewn field as you represent it on these images. Again, great work. -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Strewnfield Map

2010-07-14 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi David, Very good point. Thanks! Refresh to see updated maps, with scale... Regards, Eric On 7/14/2010 4:39 PM, David Norton wrote: Great job! One missing point of interest is the area (dimensions) of the strewn field as you represent it on these images. Again, great work. -Original

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2010-07-14 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
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Re: [meteorite-list] WI Meteorite Strewnfield Map

2010-07-14 Thread Steve Witt
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2010-07-14 Thread Stuart McDaniel
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Re: [meteorite-list] Circumstances of fireball associatedwith Salzwedel fall November 1985

2010-07-14 Thread Dieter Heinlein
Hello David and List, the fireball, that was observed with the Salzwedel meteorite fall, was catched with a meteor camera of the European Network. Unfortunately, the bolide was registered only by one camera station (since the others had poor weather). So, it was not pos- sible to reduce the