12-26-2014, 03:58 PM
Tom! i know it's been a little while since this thread was active, but if i may, now i have a chance to share a little something further from exploring the subject of Earth-grazing fireballs i found quite intriguing.
i had previously mentioned when looking into the subject i noticed from a short list of notable fireballs that i had actually been in the area of one at the time it occurred in 2006 (Japan). with some needed language help and then to my surprise and great delight we discovered there was some video taken of that fireball. what's more, i also found out that i was very much within the direct path of this fireball 70 km overhead traveling at 14 km/sec! (NE Tokyo area)....and never even knew nor heard about it after the fact ...until now. i wonder where i was during those exact minutes in the early evening. good chance i was out and about.
if interested to see, i hope these links to very short videos work ok:
sonotaco.jp/forum/download.php?id=3979&sid=949e8aeff3d183e64906779c3df833cc
http://sonotaco.sub.jp/report/2006/20060...TK1_G6.wmv
http://sonotaco.sub.jp/report/2006/20060...TK1_S9.wmv
looks like taken from cameras set to auto start by motion detection.
...from this page of what i am told are amateur astronomy enthusiasts in JP. with some cool maps and diagrams pertaining to the fireball as one briefly scrolls down.
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=912
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ps that latest article and clips of those meteor train time lapse images you posted the link to are amazing! such wonderful aesthetic quality to the images as well.
i had previously mentioned when looking into the subject i noticed from a short list of notable fireballs that i had actually been in the area of one at the time it occurred in 2006 (Japan). with some needed language help and then to my surprise and great delight we discovered there was some video taken of that fireball. what's more, i also found out that i was very much within the direct path of this fireball 70 km overhead traveling at 14 km/sec! (NE Tokyo area)....and never even knew nor heard about it after the fact ...until now. i wonder where i was during those exact minutes in the early evening. good chance i was out and about.
if interested to see, i hope these links to very short videos work ok:
sonotaco.jp/forum/download.php?id=3979&sid=949e8aeff3d183e64906779c3df833cc
http://sonotaco.sub.jp/report/2006/20060...TK1_G6.wmv
http://sonotaco.sub.jp/report/2006/20060...TK1_S9.wmv
looks like taken from cameras set to auto start by motion detection.
...from this page of what i am told are amateur astronomy enthusiasts in JP. with some cool maps and diagrams pertaining to the fireball as one briefly scrolls down.
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=912
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ps that latest article and clips of those meteor train time lapse images you posted the link to are amazing! such wonderful aesthetic quality to the images as well.