[meteorite-list] Soest, Germany obsevation of German fireball

[drtanuki]

Thank you Rob for your kind analysis!  Way to go Olaf!  Hunters going to Germany for Munich going on a meteorite hunt as well?

--- On Wed, 10/19/11, Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:

> From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> Subject: Soest, Germany obsevation of German fireball
> To: "drtanuki" <drtanuki at yahoo.com>, "Olaf Gabel" <rockhound at chief-impactor.de>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 5:15 AM
> Track goes right through the handle
> of the Big Dipper. So termination
> was
> NNW of Soest, Germany, about 8 degrees above azimuth 345.
> Assuming a
> termination altitude of 20 km (very uncertain!), that puts
> the range at
> around 140 km. With luck, this stayed over land and didn't
> end up in the
> North Sea. Towns that are roughly this distance from Soest
> along that
> azimuth are Lastrup, Lindern, Molbergen, Vrees, Rastdorf,
> Hilkenbrook
> and Saterland. Looks like lots of farmland -- perfect for
> meteorite
> recovery!  --Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On Behalf Of
> drtanuki
> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:21 PM
> To: Olaf Gabel; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] more fireballs 14-17OCT2011
> 
> Dear List, Olaf Gabel has located video of the Soest,
> Germany fireball
> event!
> http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/10/soest-germany-fireball
> -meteor-16oct2011.html
> 
> Olaf,  Great job!  Thank you for your kind
> checking  your allsky camera
> data.  Best Always, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
> 
>