Fireball caught on tape over Texas, Meteor and did it hit the ground??? |
Fireball caught on tape over Texas, Meteor and did it hit the ground??? |
Guest_Bobby_* |
Feb 16 2009, 06:50 PM
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A meteor caught on Tape over Texas on Sunday February 15, 2009
Military says not related to Satellite collision last week. Any reports if this object made it to the ground??? I wonder how many times this happens over a year??? Here are the Links: Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6264797.html CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/15/texas.sky.debris/ |
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Guest_Bobby_* |
Feb 20 2009, 12:10 AM
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Texas meteorite hunters may have found fragments of this Fireball
20 miles west of Waco Texas. The 2 fragments were the size of pecans. Here is the article: http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-scienc...-pos-2009-02-19 |
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Feb 20 2009, 03:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
Texas meteorite hunters may have found fragments of this Fireball 20 miles west of Waco Texas. The 2 fragments were the size of pecans. Since the frags are gray, I suppose that rules out metallic meteors, so it must be a type of chondrite? Too bad I missed the fireball, I'm only ~120km from Waco. |
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