Thanks Marco for your analyse of the trajectory. We all look forward to see if there is or not some materail that reached the ground.
Best regards Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:24 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Spanish fireball trajectory > > Accoridng some info broadcasted tonite on french TV the bolide was seen > from > > East N East to West S West approx from Protugal then above Madrid heading > > toward the mediterraneen sea. > > A wonderfull fire amateur movie showed the bolide. > > Some caution is in order here. The maps shown in the news probably merely > show the distribution of sighting locations (which is influenced by a.o. > weather), not the trajectory. The video from Leon probably is looking away > from the sun (sunlit wall with shadow visible), probably north-northeast, > and in > this video it should move to the right if the trajectory shown on the news > maps is correct. Yet in the video it moves at a ~ 45 degree angle to the > left, not the right. This is only possible for someone north of the > trajectory looking south if the directions given in the news would be > correct: but that cannot be given the shadow & sunlight on the appartement > building in the > video. > > I found the fireball on the video to move rather fast, so I doubt whether > there are any meteorites. > > - Marco > > ------ > Marco Langbroek > Dutch Meteor Society > Leiden, the Netherlands > 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84) > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek > weblog: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/iss_log.html > ------ > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
