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(meteorobs) Pennsylvania fireball....
More from the RASC list.... Pennsylvania fireball...
- Cathy Hall
Ottawa, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Trees <Terry.Trees@MSANET.COM>
To: <RASCALS@ap.stmarys.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 12:53 PM
Subject: [RASCALS] [AAAP] Anyone see this?
> Hi,
>
> Apparently it was seen southwest of Pittsburgh.
>
> Terry
Whoops...make that northwest, not southwest, of Pittsburgh - although still
100 miles south of Lake Eire.
Sorry.
Terry "Don't call me Columbus" Trees
>
> **************************************************************
>
> BEAVER, Pa. (AP) ? Residents across Beaver County reported seeing a
> fiery red object shoot across the Tuesday night sky.
>
> The Beaver County Emergency Services Center and National Weather
> Service in Moon Township received calls shortly after the object was
> spotted around 7:45 p.m. Witnesses say the red object had a flaming
> tail and described it as much larger than a shooting star.
>
> Meteorologist Roger Stairs said descriptions of the object resemble a
> bolide, which is a larger part of a meteor fragment.
>
> Curtis Digiovine, president of the Amateur Astronomers of Beaver
> County, said a bolide is typically about the size of a basketball.
> They typically react with the atmosphere and don't make it to the ground.
>
> =====
> PETE ZAPADKA
> Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh Inc.
> (412) 487-9363 (home)
> (412) 263-1857 (work)
>
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