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Dear members of the mailing list,
On June, 25th I made an exciting observation: I saw an illuminated trail
of a giant fireball with an extraordinary brightness. At the moment of the
incoming of the meteoroid I looked to the eastern horizon. I did not watch
a flash up because at 20:23 UT the dawn was still to bright. Some moments
later I discovered the glaring trail at the height of 10° northnorthwest
of my place.
First the trail of the meteor, lighted up by the sun was comparable with a
sharp bounded vapor trail of a jet; but within some minutes the shape
changed dramatically from indentations to big loops. This was a proof of
strong winds in high layers of earth atmosphere. Quickly the left and
right parts of the cloud moved southward whereas the section in the middle
stood still.
With the naked eyes the trail of the meteor was visible from 20:23 till
20:40 (!) UT, with my field-glass till 20:45 UT. At the end of the
observation the cloud was shining dim in the light of the half moon.
Look carefully at the symmetrical figure of the trail! Would it be
possible that the meteor did not fall towards earth but got back into
space and streaked the atmosphere only? I have heared about such events.
The distortions of the trail due to the winds at the beginning and the end
are almost the same - the second loop at the right hand-side is only
visible in the original slide but not in the scan.
You can read a report in English and look at images at:
http://home.eduhi.at/member/nature/astr/meteor20040625/feuerkugel-20040625
.htm
Best regards from Austria, Schlägl
Karl
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