[meteorite-list] (Update) Meteor Sighted in Australia

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http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9872458%255E1702,00.html

Space waste 'burnt before impact'
By Miranda Korzy
June 17, 2004

A CHUNK of space debris claimed by a witness to be the size of a house 
probably burnt up over the NSW south coast before it could hit the ground, 
astronomers said today.

A motorist on the Hume Highway told police he saw a burning object "the size 
of a house" streaking towards an an escarpment at Bulli about 9pm (AEST) 
yesterday, exploding in a bright flash.

Australian National University astronomer Vince Ford today said it sounded 
like a sizeable chunk of rock breaking up in the atmosphere.

If something of that size had hit the earth, it would have made a sonic boom 
and registered on seismological graphs, said Dr Ford, who is based at the Mt 
Stromlo Observatory in Canberra.

He said the object was likely to have been less than a metre in diameter and 
that no fragments nor a crater would be found. 


Ron Baalke baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov Wed Jun 16 20:16:01 EDT 2004 
escribe:

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9869400%255E1702,00.html

Meteorite sighted in NSW
news.com.au (Australia)
June 17, 2004

A METEORITE reportedly the size of a house fell on the NSW south 
coast overnight, exploding in a bright flash, police said today.

A driver on the Hume Highway shortly after 9pm (AEST) near Menangle 
reported an object the size of a house falling from the sky.

The object fell east of the Hume Highway, possibly in an escarpment 
near the top of a hill at Bulli, police were told.

The meteorite was described as glowing silver in colour and similar 
to an artillery shell when it exploded with a bright flash on impact.

Workers at the Sydney Airport Tower said they saw a meteorite about 
9pm, police said. 
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