[meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)

From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:47:08 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <936339.94054.qm_at_web110203.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Man,when it rains, it pours! Why cant one of these fall over Tucson or Phoenix, always sunny, easy hunting, totally recoverable! In the last year, how many nice fireballs over Colo and the Northwest, none recovered!
Hopefully some farmer finds a large black rock in his barn today.

Michael Farmer


--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

> From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky (Denver 2008.12.04)
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 3:40 PM
> Unfortunately, a snow storm was just clearing out of the
> area at the time, and all the cameras that might have caught
> this were still clouded out. But over 60 people have filed
> reports, from Utah, across Colorado, and into Nebraska. So I
> can estimate the path. The meteor was fairly slow, not too
> steep, and seems to have fragmented into two or three
> pieces. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a new
> strewn field out in eastern Colorado. I've put a map of
> the approximate ground path at
> http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireball20081204.html
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From:
> <mexicodoug at aim.com>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:43 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor Brightens Night Sky
> (Denver 2008.12.04)
>
>
> > Looks like a listmember is getting some nice press...
> and that someone is throwing a lot of space rocks at the
> earth lately ...
> >
> >
> http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18208878/detail.html
> >
> > Meteor Brightens Night Sky
> > Fireball Spotted Across Front Range
>
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