[meteorite-list] Ohio bolide coordinates, today's solstice, crowded Cancer constellation...

[E.P. Grondine]

Thanks Doug - 

Of course I should have known that I would not be
lucky enough to have whatever it was fragment over
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

I wonder how many radio listeners there are in
Philadelphia, Ohio?

Serves me right for doing analysis at 2 in the
morning.

happy hunting - 
Ed

--- MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

> <<Motion appears to have been from Cleveland, to
> Pittsburgh, to  
> Philadelphia, to Dover, Delaware.  West to East.
> Looks like orbital debris,  offhand. SW3 
> frags so far have travelled mainly from South to 
> North.>>
>  
> Dover, DE and Philadelphia PA are not mentioned in
> the article - Dover  OH 
> and New Philadelphia OH are.  The likely coordinates
> of the possible  stones 
> would be very close to Parral [del Ohio:-)]: N. 40
> deg 30'; W. 81  deg. 30', all 
> a little south of Canton, Ohio.  After all the
> recent alarms,  this has got to 
> be the most promising, just waiting for someone to
> say that  their farm was 
> stoned, good luck, wish I could be there, and in
> Ensisheim, and  in Germany now!
>  
> The Summer Solstice is today (Wednesday June 21
> 2:26PM Berlin daylight  
> saving time).  It is at exactly at the moment when
> Portugal will  be shaking in her 
> boots and Mexico cantando not llorando, even  all of
> those fine Mexicans 
> sleeping in front of the stadium tonight for good 
> seats.  It reached over 40 C 
> here today so the gods send us favorable  signs in
> the FIFA matchup.  Solstice 
> will be 14:26 local time in  Germany.  That's an
> early 8:26AM EDT.
>  
> Finally starting at that magical 14:26 German time
> (08:26 New York time),  
> Cancer is the constellation that will be quite a
> Beehive of activity!!  As  
> Cancer's takes the astrological sceptre from Gemini
> the moment of the  Solstice, 
> three planets will be visible all at at once by
> Cancer where  Mercury is in the 
> process of crashing in for the Solsticial party!  
> Here is a wonderful chance 
> to view Mercury just after dusk which just about 
> enters Cancer (which it 
> actually does on June 25 but it is brighter now and
> each  day the constellations 
> sink further in the endless orb).  Saturn has  been
> hanging there dreaming of 
> a more temperate Saturnalia.  Mars is  there a tiny
> bit higher up, zipping 
> through soon to escape to Leo at the end of  the
> monthy after whispering secrets 
> to the ringed and and gluttonous  gaseous Titan
> planet.  Mercury will max out 
> (best for viewing) these next  three or five days in
> Cancer and be a wonderful 
> view an hour after Sunset in the  West right above
> where the Sun goes to 
> sleep.  The two bright stars west  (right) of
> Mercury are Castor and Pollux(closer 
> to Merc., and brighter than  his brother).  The
> center of Cancer is a fist or 
> two above them along  the ecliptic where Saturn will
> lend its gleaming aura, 
> and higher yet Mars is  dimly burning in Simojovel
> red.
>  
> Enjoy tomorrow and if you are lucky to be along the
> Tropic of Cancer, hang  
> on to your shadow and bring along an oatmeal
> container for me!  (PS, if you  
> are on the bottom of the earth, this all makes sense
> only if you are standing on 
>  your head...sorry)
> Saludos, Doug
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