Re:Fire Ball over Macclesfield November 29th 2013

Forums Meteors Fire Ball over Macclesfield November 29th 2013 Re:Fire Ball over Macclesfield November 29th 2013

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Posted by A R Pratt at 00:39 on 2013 Nov 30

William alerted me to this forum posting and he forwarded his single station output from UFO Analyser.My Leeds South camera also captured the meteor, and a provisional dual-station analysis gives:-Sporadic meteorRadiant (corrected for zenith attraction) RA 56.0 = 3h 44m Dec 17.5Geocentric velocity 18.6 km/s (slow)Duration 4.2 sAbsolute magnitude -3.0Detection altitude 81.9km Extinction 47.6kmMoving from Gainsborough (Lincs) to LeedsOrbital data:a 2.6q 0.706e 0.730Peri 70.9Node 67.6Incl 1.2We can’t attach images here, so the plots of the ground track and orbit will be posted on the NEMETODE website. We will notify you when these are available.Clear skies, Alex.