[meteorite-list] A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife: camera bump

[Murray Paulson]

Hi:

Note the second meteor trail is also wiggly. And as Robert noted it is
in the same axix as the "trailing" of the stars, This must have been
high frequency vibration to produce that many periods on the train.

Murray

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Matson, Robert D.
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife
>> Astronomy Picture of the Day, June 2, 2010
> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100602.html
>
>> "Did this meteor take a twisting path? No one is sure. Considered
> opinions are solicited."
>
>> APOD: A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife (2010 Jun 02)
>> http://bb.nightskylive.net/asterisk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19638
>>
> http://bb.nightskylive.net/asterisk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19638&sid=651816
> 506a79643b02a83499866b4cdb&start=25
>
> There is no doubt that this wiggle was due to a camera bump during the
> 1-minute
> exposure. A meteor at low elevation angle means it was fairly distant --
> at least
> 300 km.  The amplitude of the sinuoidal motion is so great that no
> meteoroid of
> *any* shape, no matter how bizarre, could move in this fashion. For
> those still
> in doubt, look at the stars in the zoomed insert: they, too, are
> blurred, with
> a long axis that is consistent with the direction of the meteor
> oscillations.
>
> --Rob
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