[meteorite-list] Large meteor in UK

[Chris Peterson]

How did he know it was traveling towards him and not away? It's nearly 
impossible to distinguish between the two cases unless it actually 
passed overhead.

Chris

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

On 3/3/2012 3:23 PM, Graham Ensor wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> ...just had an exciting report from one of DDAS astronomy members of a
> very large meteor. At around 9.39 this evening he was sitting at a
> north facing window in Derby when as he looked up he saw a large
> meteor traveling almost directly towards him....so traveling
> south....it was dropping sparks behind...brightest he had ever seen
> even though he was in doors with the light on....it lasted around five
> seconds he thinks.
>
> Sounds promising...anyone else see anything or heard any reports?
>
> Graham