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Possible Lausitz Meteorite
Hi to Wolfgang and to all of you,
(01) Astronomischer Verein Hoyerswerda e.V.
Netsite: http://www.germany.net/teilnehmer/100/142601/astro.htm
Fundstelle des Meteoriten weiter eingekreist !
Das „Zielgebiet" des am 25.01.1998, 20.13 Uhr, in der Lausitz
niedergegangenen Meteoriten konnte inzwischen durch zahlreiche Hinweise
aus der Bevölkerung weiter eingegrenzt werden. Bis Donnerstagabend
meldeten sich ca. 80 Personen vorwiegend aus den umliegenden Dörfern der
Stadt Hoyerswerda, so Harald Seifert vom Astroclub Radebeul e.V.
Auf Grund der Angaben steht vorläufig fest, daß der Meteorit südlich von
Hoyerswerda niedergegangen ist. Die Hoffnung, daß möglicherweise
Bruchstücke gefunden werden können, steigt dadurch enorm.
Dennoch bitten wir alle, die das Ereignis vom 25.01.98 verfolgt haben,
sich telefonisch bei Herrn Harald Seifert (Tel.: 0172/5182556) oder
Jürgen Rendtel (Tel.: 0331/960727 priv., 0331/2882327 dienstl.) zu
melden bzw. am Sonnabend in der Lausitzhalle zum „Markt der
Möglichkeiten" seine Beobachtungen dem Astronomischen Verein Hoyerswerda
e.V., Herrn
Lindner, mitzuteilen.
What the above lines are about (Translation B. Pauli):
(a) Several hints by local population help pin down the possible place
of impact
(b) About 80 people from surrounding villages reported to H. Seifert of
the ‘Astroclub’
(c) What is possibly left over must have come down south of Hoyerswerda
(d) Thus, there are high hopes of finding fragments
Aktuelle Informationen zum Meteoriten gibt es auch auf der Homepage von
Jürgen Rendtel
(02) Jürgen Rendtel's private homepage:
http://aipsoe.aip.de/~rend/rnl-p.html
1998 January 25, 19h 13m 50s +-15s UT = 20h 13m 50s +-15s MEZ
Possible meteorite dropping fireball
A fireball of about -8 mag apparent brightness was observed visually
(Manuela Trenn, Potsdam; Sven Näther, Potsdam; Sabine Wächter,
Alberice/Czech Republic) and photographed by five photographic camera
stations of the European Network (EN). One of these stations is located
in Potsdam (#33), the others are in the Czech Republic. There is a
network of camera stations for detecting bright meteors, covering parts
of Germany, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovakia.
The fireball of January 25 was not exceptionally bright. So it was
thought to be a mere `routine event'. A closer look at the trajectory as
obtained from the different stations showed, that the terminal point of
the luminous trail was as low as 24 km above the Earth's surface.
Furthermore, the trajectory was almost vertical, thus keeping the length
of the luminous trajectory relatively short. These circumstances
indicate that there MAY BE a little material left, and a small meteorite
MAY HAVE FALLEN south of Cottbus.
Meanwhile we received a few further reports. Witnesses closer to the
terminal point of the trajectory saw the bright fireball and reported
sounds some time after the fireball disappeared. All this information is
collected and will be used to reduce the size of the potential search
area.
The image shown above is a part of the Potsdam camera photograph. The
long curved parallel trails are from the stars during the exposure (from
16h 54m UT to 22h 01m UT), the one curved trail is from an airplane and
the straight line close to the southern horizon is the fireball.
Best Wishes, Bernd