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(meteorobs) Fwd: Saturday Night Fireball   Message List  
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Here's the most northern report I've received so far of the weekend's North
American re-entry.

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>From: "Mark Johnson" <mdjohns@...>
>To: <webmaster@...>
>Subject: Saturday Night Fireball
>Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 23:33:53 -0600
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>I was just getting home last night at about 10:20, and as I was getting out
>of my car, I noticed what looked like a stream of slow moving meteors, and
>it kept breaking up into smaller and smaller parts. It was in the
>south-southeast part of my sky, and fairly low (maybe 2-3 fist-widths at
>arm's length above the horizon). The chunks kept getting smaller and fewer,
>until all were finally gone. The last one disappeared a little south of due
>east. The whole thing couldn't have lasted longer than 15-30 seconds. I
>figured it was an earth-grazer that didn't make it back out of the
>atmosphere, but it turns out that it was what everyone else saw last night
>as well. It was cool!
>
>Mark Johnson
>Sioux Falls, SD

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Mon Dec 3, 2001 5:44 am

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Here's the most northern report I've received so far of the weekend's North American re-entry. ... The archive and Web site for our list is at...
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