[AZ-Observing] Re: Almost put on impact alert
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:08:41 -0700
At 15:52 -0700 02/26/2004, Jones, Jack (AZ75) wrote:
>It was an 8mm movie to start out. It was over Yellowstone and there were
>lots of tourists/cameras at the ready. Try Oct 1972 S&T.
>
>Where to go first? Gary Kronk.
>
>http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/1972.html
>
>2nd choice:
>
>http://www.cloudbait.com/science/fireballs.html
>
>Jack
>
>>
>> Does anyone recall what issue of S&T (many years ago) that had a
>> daytime photo of an asteroid/meteor skimming the atmosphere and
>> bouncing back into space. I was amazed at the photo. It showed this
>> fiery mass zipping across the sky.
>>
>> Jeff.
I did some digging and the July 1974 issue of "Sky & Telescope" has a
cover photo of the daytime fireball. Pretty interesting.
Jeff
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