[meteorite-list] HUGE Meteor Sighting in Cottonwood AZ - Stats from fall

[Jim Wooddell]

Hi Shawn,  This is a fairly normal event.  Nothing much to get excited 
about.  The calculation is an error.    If the 40.8km is the burn out I 
doubt anyone will waste much time on this one.
No sonic reports to speak of and that is also not a good sign. The UT is 
questionable too!

Jim





On 4/13/2014 12:57 PM, shawnalan at meteoritefalls.com wrote:
> Hello Listers
>
> I found some info on the fall and here is some stats...
>
> vel 667.2 km/s beg 135.8 km end 40.8 km
>
> Now could a meteorite come from the Vel speed? I mean thats really fast
> 667.2km, or that could be a mistake, which I think it is? With the
> meteor ending at 40km there is a possibility there could be some stones
> on the ground. And after looking at the video I could see the meteor for
> around 4 seconds and at the end the meteor got brighter.
>
> more stats below...
>
> Shawn Alan
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>
> time 20140413 3.0738 hours
>    lat  32 26 22.632 =  32.4396 deg
>    lon 253 16 38.856 = 253.2775 deg
>     ht 40.775 b -1.38207 7.62031 -17.37020 -7.68054
>         alp 300.962 +/-  0.462 deg
>         del  70.037 +/-  0.310 deg
>       v_inf 667.240 +/- 977.292 km/s
>       v_avg 667.240 +/- 977.292 km/s
>                               
>           a  -0.002 +/-  0.006 AU
>           e 493.776 +/- 1444.978
>        incl  85.761 +/-  3.793 deg
>       omega 168.225 +/-  0.185 deg
>    asc_node  22.922 +/-  0.000 deg
>         v_g 667.102 +/- 977.428 km/s
>         v_h 668.691 +/- 976.474 km/s
>     alp_geo 301.065 +/-  0.482 deg
>     del_geo  70.004 +/-  0.311 deg
>       q_per   0.982 +/-  0.001 AU
>       q_aph  -0.986 +/-  0.011 AU
>      lambda  30.964 +/-  1.513 deg
>        beta  78.151 +/-  0.165 deg
>   true anom  11.775 +/-  0.165 deg
>
>         T_j   hyp
>
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