Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-06 Thread Chris Peterson
* Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com - Original Message - From: Jose Campos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 3:29 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Fw: Meteors Light Up

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-06 Thread Jose Campos
:03 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado Hi José- There's no doubt that the vast majority of meteors last at most a few seconds. But there is a class of fireballs which are usually seen in the early evening, produced by low eccentricity prograde bodies

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-06 Thread Chris Peterson
Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado Hi Chris, Thanks for your e-mail. I fully agree with what you say. The updated ground path of the re-entering debris of the 2nd satage of the russian Soyuz SL-4 rocket on your site is most interesting. as well as, the video and the picture of this event caught

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-05 Thread Jose Campos
] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado I'm confused by your post. What do you mean by 'space debris'? If the time was too short for space debris and it was also not a meteoroid then what

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-05 Thread Chris Peterson
, 2007 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado Hi Gary, By space debris, I meant several pieces of a MAN MADE spacecraft, desintegrating thru the Earth's atmosphere. Sorry about the confusion. As regarding time, a meteor's visibility lasts only a few

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-05 Thread GeoZay
The visibility of a meteor, even a -14 mag fireball, (that is as bright as the full moon), will not last longer than a few seconds, at most. This is correct for most meteors. However, some will last a bit longerup into the tens of seconds. The longest lasting one that I'm aware of

[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Jose Campos
Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor. The article written by Laura Bailey (Jan 4 2007) for THE COLORADOAN, mentions that onlookers reported that it could be seen for about 30 seconds. That is too short a time for space debris, unless if it was seen at a low

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
I'm confused by your post. What do you mean by 'space debris'? If the time was too short for space debris and it was also not a meteoroid then what are you suggesting? Befuddled Gary On 4 Jan 2007 at 23:21, Jose Campos wrote: Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Chris Peterson
, January 04, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor. The article written by Laura Bailey (Jan 4 2007) for THE COLORADOAN, mentions that onlookers reported that it could be seen

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

2007-01-04 Thread Gary K. Foote
- From: Jose Campos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado Hi List, I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor. The article