[meteorite-list] Astro Mikes meteor streak Photo

From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:59:27 EDT
Message-ID: <d1c.47543ba0.378b382f_at_aol.com>

If it's a meteor photographed thru a telescope, where is the fuzzy left
overs of its train in the image? Surely the ionized column made by a passing
fireball meteoroid would be brite enuf to have some phase of it's image
captured by the same telescope and be outside the sharp lines of the streaks?
I cannot believe this image is that of a meteor until this dilemma is
adequately explained. As for the light being too wide to be that of a light on
a plane...could we simply be looking at the overall width of the light
being reflected off parts of a plane...such as a wing, fuselage etc. ?
George Zay

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Received on Sun 12 Jul 2009 08:59:27 AM PDT