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Large bolide over Texas |
 Dec 7 2012, 11:20 PM
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Images and video are starting to come in -- looks like a pretty big event.
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Dec 7 2012, 11:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Austin | Texas Member No.: 138 |
Another view...
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Dec 7 2012, 11:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Austin | Texas Member No.: 138 |
Link to a new report video... link
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Dec 7 2012, 11:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Austin | Texas Member No.: 138 |
Another view...
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Dec 8 2012, 01:10 AM
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Man...looked like a real nice one, maybe even with recoverable fragments!
Any such might have enormous scientific value. If this was in fact a Geminid, then the parent body would be asteroid 3200 Phaethon, an enigmatic minor planet that exhibits some cometary characteristics. It's very much a long shot...but here's hoping! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 8 2012, 05:03 AM
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http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2012/12/nasa-...able-meteorite/
QUOTE Preliminary results indicate that there are meteorites from this meteor on the ground north of Houston, Texas – analysis is currently underway to refine the impact area. if pieces are recovered, it will be the 13th meteorite fall recorded in the state since 1909, and the first since Ash Creek, which fell in February of 2009.
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Dec 8 2012, 06:29 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Oh, wow! Not far from JSC to boot!!!
This could be a scientific bonanza if we're VERY lucky...stay tuned!!! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 8 2012, 10:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
Well, "north of Houston" is an area roughly the size of Iowa.
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Dec 8 2012, 10:56 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Sure, of course. But there are enough professional meteorite hunters these days in addition to private/government institutions that the odds are fairly good for a recovery of at least some of it. It's also a relatively densely populated area in comparison to, say, the Murchison fall zone.
Wonder if anyone's doing a trajectory analysis to try to determine if this was indeed a likely Geminid. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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