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Re: FW: Possible April Fireballs - Keep an eye out
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- Subject: Re: FW: Possible April Fireballs - Keep an eye out
- From: STUARTATK@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 14:12:21 EDT
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Don't know about fireballs which "have no radiant", and the bit about several
of the meteors known to have fallen to the ground as meteorites is news to
me!!!! But late every April there's a meteor shower called the Lyrids...?
The shower lasts from the 19th to the 25th, the 21st is the night of the
"peak". Lyrids are typically quite faint, but occasionally one will be bright
enough to leave a trail in the sky. Lyrids are few and far between,
compared to the meteors of other showers, and the statistics say that if the
sky is clear you'll probably have to wait five minutes or so between
shooting stars. That means more like *ten*, here in the real world... :-)
Maybe the guy got mixed up..?
Stu
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