Analysis of St. Patrick's day fireball over the UK
reported by meteordetective
An excellent follow-up to the 'St. Patrick's Day' meteor (which was widely reported and seen across much of England) has been posted at The Watchers website. It seems like the meteor was, perhaps, part of a (fast-moving) Comet?
Please visit, read and return!
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Showing posts with label March. Show all posts
23 March 2016
08 March 2016
Fireball over Southern Germany: Sun 06 Mar, 22:37CET/21:37GMT
Fireball over Southern Germany: Sun 06 Mar, 22:37CET/21:37GMT
reported by meteordetective
Post on German website/magazine: "Cologne News Magazine"
Original Source:
http://www.rundschau-online.de/aus-aller-welt/megaheller-meteor-polizei-wegen-feuerkugel-am-himmel-ueber-sueddeutschland-alarmiert-23681638
Full English translation
Excerpt:
"Straubing - A particularly bright shooting star has made in the early hours of Monday in southern Germany a stir. Several eyewitnesses from Bavaria alerted the police because of the celestial phenomenon. As the University Observatory in Munich reported that there was a meteor that was visible from Bavaria to the Saarland."
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
reported by meteordetective
Post on German website/magazine: "Cologne News Magazine"
Original Source:
http://www.rundschau-online.de/aus-aller-welt/megaheller-meteor-polizei-wegen-feuerkugel-am-himmel-ueber-sueddeutschland-alarmiert-23681638
Full English translation
Excerpt:
"Straubing - A particularly bright shooting star has made in the early hours of Monday in southern Germany a stir. Several eyewitnesses from Bavaria alerted the police because of the celestial phenomenon. As the University Observatory in Munich reported that there was a meteor that was visible from Bavaria to the Saarland."
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07 March 2016
2 x Major USA fireball events: Sunday 06-March-2016
2 x Major USA fireball events: Sunday 06-March-2016
reported by meteordetective
INITIAL POSTING: Mon-07-Mar-2016: 07:20GMT
Update 6) Tue 08-Mar-2015, 19:35Z
A video of what might be a third event at 21:45 Pacific has been posted to Youtube on XenonRocket's Channel. I'm unable (no e-mail address available) to contact the YouTuber directly, but here's the embedded video. According to the directions & location provided, the meteor seems to be travelling NE->SW.
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Update 5) Tue-08-Mar-2015, 05:00Z
Overnight, I had a witness from the Dallas event e-mail me a full set of answers to the Sightings Questionnaire, which was invaluable in assessing the Texas sighting of 20:45 Central Time on Sunday 6-March-2016.
It would appear to have been a large bolide (-4 mag.) travelling South-North on a moderate descending trajectory. The witness described the bolide as "Light orange in front with blue long tail. Very blue almost totally round in front then narrowing tail. Not like a far away shooting star." Note the use of the word "round". With regard to size, the witness states that it was: "Rounded front part was about size of thumb" (at arm's length), so the bolide was clearly large in size.
I'm still struggling to find any photos or videos of the event, so if you should find any, please let me know?
Thank you.
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Update 4) Mon-07-Mar-2015, 19Z43.
Second confirmation that the 8:15 pm is a distinct and separate (and I believe to be space-trash at this point) event - compared to the slightly later 20:26 event (which looks like a proper fireball). Second witness suggests that the space-trash landed east of route 101 - after coming-in at a steep angle.
No media coverage??
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Update 3) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 18Z53.
Well, it seems that at least one of the California events was something man-made re-entering our atmosphere. I've also had a report by e-mail of a potentially earlier event - around 8:10pm Pacific Time. Here's the first video I've seen of what I strongly suspect is NOT a meteor/meteorite (at least for one of the California sightings).
Posted to Youtube by "Turtle Poster": 645 views.
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Update 2) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 09:10 GMT
The first video has surfaced on YouTube.
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Update 1 ) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 08:26 GMT
It looks like 2 events, 2 hours apart. Initial reports are that the California fireball' was very large, although the 15-20 seconds sighting-length of the CA event suggests space-trash? More data needed, please!
a) Texas, 20:45 Central Time / 02:45GMT
b) California, 20:25 Pacific Time / 04:25 GMT
I've checked by telephone with Vandenburg AF Base and they were not aware of any launches etc.
AMS' pending queue does not reflect the traffic that LunarMeteoriteHunters has been receiving, but AMS has both events in pending status.
END UPDATE
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Website traffic & a couple of e-mails suggest that there's been a major event over California USA on Sunday evening at +/- 8:30PM local time, with a second report from Dallas, TX for a similar time (don't know whether the events are related/same at this point).
If you witnessed this event and/or have images / video which you are happy to be posted (with credit) here on Lunar Meteorite Hunters website/blog, then please e-mail meteordetective@gmail.com with the following information, if possible.
1) Time and location of sighting
2) Angle from observer to the object in the sky - i.e. 90 deg. = overhead to 0 deg. = ground-level.
3) Estimated elevation/height of the object(s)
4) Apparent direction of travel: decent angle (e.g. 45 deg. down) + azimuth (N to S etc)
5) Estimated size of the object(s) - using your thumb/thumbnail at arm's length as a comparison.
6) Velocity: How many seconds to cross what portion (e.g. 1/2) of the sky
7) Brightness - (see http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/MagScale.html for specific examples).
8) Fragmentation?
9) Sound?
10) Colour(s)?
11) Smell in the air?
12) Impact or shockwave damage?
Thank you for your contributions and information. My intention is to post more information, along with the best images & videos - once I have more detail.
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
reported by meteordetective
INITIAL POSTING: Mon-07-Mar-2016: 07:20GMT
Update 6) Tue 08-Mar-2015, 19:35Z
A video of what might be a third event at 21:45 Pacific has been posted to Youtube on XenonRocket's Channel. I'm unable (no e-mail address available) to contact the YouTuber directly, but here's the embedded video. According to the directions & location provided, the meteor seems to be travelling NE->SW.
---
Update 5) Tue-08-Mar-2015, 05:00Z
Overnight, I had a witness from the Dallas event e-mail me a full set of answers to the Sightings Questionnaire, which was invaluable in assessing the Texas sighting of 20:45 Central Time on Sunday 6-March-2016.
It would appear to have been a large bolide (-4 mag.) travelling South-North on a moderate descending trajectory. The witness described the bolide as "Light orange in front with blue long tail. Very blue almost totally round in front then narrowing tail. Not like a far away shooting star." Note the use of the word "round". With regard to size, the witness states that it was: "Rounded front part was about size of thumb" (at arm's length), so the bolide was clearly large in size.
I'm still struggling to find any photos or videos of the event, so if you should find any, please let me know?
Thank you.
---
Update 4) Mon-07-Mar-2015, 19Z43.
Second confirmation that the 8:15 pm is a distinct and separate (and I believe to be space-trash at this point) event - compared to the slightly later 20:26 event (which looks like a proper fireball). Second witness suggests that the space-trash landed east of route 101 - after coming-in at a steep angle.
No media coverage??
---
Update 3) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 18Z53.
Well, it seems that at least one of the California events was something man-made re-entering our atmosphere. I've also had a report by e-mail of a potentially earlier event - around 8:10pm Pacific Time. Here's the first video I've seen of what I strongly suspect is NOT a meteor/meteorite (at least for one of the California sightings).
Posted to Youtube by "Turtle Poster": 645 views.
---
Update 2) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 09:10 GMT
The first video has surfaced on YouTube.
---
Update 1 ) Mon-07-Mar-2016, 08:26 GMT
It looks like 2 events, 2 hours apart. Initial reports are that the California fireball' was very large, although the 15-20 seconds sighting-length of the CA event suggests space-trash? More data needed, please!
a) Texas, 20:45 Central Time / 02:45GMT
b) California, 20:25 Pacific Time / 04:25 GMT
I've checked by telephone with Vandenburg AF Base and they were not aware of any launches etc.
AMS' pending queue does not reflect the traffic that LunarMeteoriteHunters has been receiving, but AMS has both events in pending status.
END UPDATE
---
Website traffic & a couple of e-mails suggest that there's been a major event over California USA on Sunday evening at +/- 8:30PM local time, with a second report from Dallas, TX for a similar time (don't know whether the events are related/same at this point).
If you witnessed this event and/or have images / video which you are happy to be posted (with credit) here on Lunar Meteorite Hunters website/blog, then please e-mail meteordetective@gmail.com with the following information, if possible.
1) Time and location of sighting
2) Angle from observer to the object in the sky - i.e. 90 deg. = overhead to 0 deg. = ground-level.
3) Estimated elevation/height of the object(s)
4) Apparent direction of travel: decent angle (e.g. 45 deg. down) + azimuth (N to S etc)
5) Estimated size of the object(s) - using your thumb/thumbnail at arm's length as a comparison.
6) Velocity: How many seconds to cross what portion (e.g. 1/2) of the sky
7) Brightness - (see http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/MagScale.html for specific examples).
8) Fragmentation?
9) Sound?
10) Colour(s)?
11) Smell in the air?
12) Impact or shockwave damage?
Thank you for your contributions and information. My intention is to post more information, along with the best images & videos - once I have more detail.
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
20 February 2016
Two Comets to make record close-approach during March 2016
Two Comets to make record close-approach during March 2016
reported by meteordetective
Two comets headed for close approaches to Earth record-breaking comet flyby in March 2016.
March turns out to be the month of great celestial events in 2016. On March 21 the comet 252P/LINEAR 12 will make its closest approach yet, passing just 3.1 million miles (5.3 million km) Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) is set to pass by Earth at a distance of 2.1 million miles (3.5 million km). This is a record-breaking approach to Earth for a comet!!! Comet's P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) passage will be the closest known comet flyby of the last 230 hundred years. Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey on 2016 Jan 22
"Twin" Comets Headed for close approaches to Earth Record-Breaking Comet Flyby March 2016
Posted to Youtube by: nemesis maturity 2,624 views
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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| Click-on image to enlarge | Credit: Nemesis Maturity 2016 |
March turns out to be the month of great celestial events in 2016. On March 21 the comet 252P/LINEAR 12 will make its closest approach yet, passing just 3.1 million miles (5.3 million km) Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) is set to pass by Earth at a distance of 2.1 million miles (3.5 million km). This is a record-breaking approach to Earth for a comet!!! Comet's P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) passage will be the closest known comet flyby of the last 230 hundred years. Comet P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS) was discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey on 2016 Jan 22
"Twin" Comets Headed for close approaches to Earth Record-Breaking Comet Flyby March 2016
Posted to Youtube by: nemesis maturity 2,624 views
2016 The THIRD Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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