Because he is a scientist *g*. They are always right :-).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Seen From Germany, Belgium There are already track and brightness data? Or how could the ESA-man predict, that the meteorite will have a size of 10 - 50cm? Martin A. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Baalke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Fireball Seen From Germany, Belgium > > > http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_i d=3903 > > Great balls of fire, its a meteorite! > expatica.com (Holland) > 22 January 2004 > > AMSTERDAM - A large number of star gazers claim to have seen a large fireball shoot > through cloud cover on Wednesday night in what experts believe was a meteorite falling to > earth. > > The Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) said the fireball probably took place somewhere above > the Belgian-German border in Wallonia. It was seen in Limburg, eastern Belgium and > Germany, Dutch news agency ANP reported. > > The Leiden-based DMS also said the fireball was most probably due to a meteorite and > ruled out the possibility that it was a broken fragment of a satellite > or a rocket. A > society spokesman based the claim on information supplied by US > aerospace agency Nasa. > > But a lack of hard and fast facts regarding the fireball means it is difficult to > determine if fragments fell to earth. It is assumed that the meteorite burned up > in the earth's atmosphere before hitting the ground. > > Dozens of sightings were lodged with star watch association > Exploirion, based in the > southern Dutch city of Heerlen, Besides sightings in Limburg, Belgium, Germany and > even residents of the northern Dutch city of Groningen said they saw > the spectacle. > > Meteorites usually burn up in the earth's atmosphere and Wednesday > night's fireball was > created about 60 to 100km above the earth's surface. German news > agency DPA said the > rock probably did not hit the earth's surface. > > A researcher with the European Space Agency (ESA) in Darmstadt, > Germany, said the > meteorite would have been about 10cm to 50cm in size. > > > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
