[meteorite-list] Fireball Seen in Canada, Michigan

[Chris Peterson]

I've got an astro-referenced report from Utica that suggests it was seen 
from a height of about 80 miles down to below 40 miles. I have two 
reports of sound, both from the edges of Detroit. One person reported 
electrophonic noise, and the other reported sonic booms.

Lots of fragmentation over many miles can also indicate a robust 
meteoroid that has made it to a moderately low height and is traveling 
in a fairly flat trajectory. From what I can deduce about the velocity 
and descent angle, I'd say there's a definite possibility this object 
produced meteorites, but it's far from a sure thing. If I were looking, 
I'd put the most likely strewn field location in western Lake Erie.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; "Meteorite Mailing List" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fireball Seen in Canada, Michigan


> Hi,
>
>> A ball of light, seething white, had
>> careered [sic, probably careened]
>> overhead, spitting out dazzling debris...
>
>    "Spitting out dazzling debris" over
> many miles suggests that it was a very
> weak object and probably ablated away
> completely.
>    The absense of any reports of "booms"
> or "explosions" suggests it never made it
> down to subsonic speeds.
>
> Sterling K. Webb