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Re: US DOD FIREBALL RELEASE
Here's some more info about last Decembers event over Greenland and the Denver
object in January from data aboard DoD surveillance satellites detailed by
Peter Brown.
George Zay
>>Fireball Detection
On 9 December 1997, sensors aboard DOD satellites detected the impact of a
meteoroid at 08:15:55 UTC roughly midway between Nuuk and Qaqortoq,
Greenland. The object broke into at least 4 pieces. One piece detonated
at an altitude of about 46 km at 62.9 degrees North Latitude, 50.9 degrees
West Longitude.
The remaining 3 pieces detonated in close proximity to one another at
altitudes between 28 km, at 62.9 degrees North Latitude, 50.1 degrees West
Longitude and 25 km at 62.9 degrees North Latitude, 50.0 degrees West
Longitude.
Fireball Detection
On 11 January 1998, sensors aboard DOD satellites detected the impact of a
meteoroid at 07:11:13 UTC roughly midway between Denver and Grand Junction,
Colorado. The object was detected at 39.4 degrees North Latitude, 106.4
degrees
West Longitude.
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