100116.1260@compuserve.com, 72650.3513@compuserve.com, 74206.3543@compuserve.com, astmph@csearn.bitnet, astropor@savba.savba.cs, betlem@rulhsw.leidenuniv.nl, carpino@astmib.astro.it, dky@naif.jpl.nasa.gov, extpasc@rz.uni-sb.de, ge.sarty@usask.ca, gyssens@wins.uia.ac.be, heinlein@dhdmpi5.bitnet, jfkobs@sandia.gov, koschny@asterix.lrt.mw.tu-muenchen.de, manara@astmib.astro.it, meisel@geneseo.bitnet, miller@aerosbsd.laafb.af.mil, mnhms034@sivm.bitnet, mwj@beta.lanl.gov, pegasoft@cc.ruu.nl, peter@canlon.physics.uwo.ca, phcslk@cc.newcastle.edu.au, prikryl@canott.dan.sp-agency.ca, rhawkes@mta.ca, rnl@babel.aip.de, sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov, wh6ef@genie.geis.com, wilkins@bootes.unm.edu, yamada@ysc.go.jp, franklin.e.miller@filebank.com, INTERNATIONAL METEOR ORGANIZATION *** FIREBALL DATA CENTER FIDAC e-mail report no. 24/93 =============================== 1993 Jan 20 07 04 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Spotswood, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 24' W, 40deg 23' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 0.3 seconds Color: ye Trail: none Persistent train: none Fragmentation: none Velocity: 16deg/sec Sound: none Observer: J.S. Gallagher 1993 May 02 07 21 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Spotswood, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 24' W, 40deg 23' N) First sighting: - End sighting: alpha=235deg, delta=+27deg Duration: 0.8 seconds Color: ye Trail: tapered flame wake Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: 11deg/sec Sound: - Observer: J.S. Gallagher 1993 May 27 06 28 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Spotswood, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 24' W, 40deg 23' N) First sighting: alpha=257deg, delta=+39deg End sighting: - Duration: 1 second Color: wh Trail: streak Persistent train: 1s Fragmentation: - Velocity: 35deg/sec Sound: - Observer: J.S. Gallagher 1993 Jun 13 06 57 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: -5 Location: Spotswood, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 24' W, 40deg 23' N) First sighting: alpha=238deg, delta=+40deg End sighting: alpha=220deg, delta=+34deg Duration: 0.8 seconds Color: wh Trail: none Persistent train: none Fragmentation: none Velocity: 19deg/sec Sound: none Observer: J.S. Gallagher 1993 Jun 20 06 27 UT Magnitude: -7 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Spotswood, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 24' W, 40deg 23' N) First sighting: alpha=311deg, delta=+29deg End sighting: - Duration: 4.3 seconds Color: wh-ye Trail: tapered, ye Persistent train: nonbe Fragmentation: none Velocity: 8deg/sec Sound: none Observer: J.S. Gallagher 1993 Jun 29 10 20 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38' W, 32deg 49' N) First sighting: alpha=275deg, delta=+46deg End sighting: alpha=257deg, delta=+33deg Duration: 0.1 seconds Color: bl Trail: none Persistent train: 10s Fragmentation: none Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: R. Lunsford 1993 Aug 09 22 58 35 UT Magnitude: -10 Zenithal magnitude: -14 Location: Neumarkt (Italy) ( 011deg 16'10'' E, 46deg 18'44'' N) First sighting: alpha=055deg, delta=+30deg End sighting: alpha=060deg, delta=+15deg Duration: 3.5 seconds Color: gr-rd Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: sparks, rd Velocity: - Sound: none Observer: A. Geier 1993 Aug 11 00 55 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: -7 Location: Vila R. S. Antonio (Portugal) ( 007deg 25'16'' W, 31deg 11'61'' N) First sighting: alpha=015deg, delta=+46deg End sighting: alpha=014deg, delta=+36deg Duration: 0.5 seconds Color: - Trail: none Persistent train: - Fragmentation: none Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: J.A.R. Martins 1993 Aug 11 21 36 21 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Lenzhahn (Germany) ( 008deg 18' E, 50deg 13' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: flares Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Wiche 1993 Aug 11 21 57 18 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Lenzhahn (Germany) ( 008deg 18' E, 50deg 13' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Wiche 1993 Aug 11 22 16 50 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Lenzhahn (Germany) ( 008deg 18' E, 50deg 13' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Wiche 1993 Aug 12 00 16 17 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Lenzhahn (Germany) ( 008deg 18' E, 50deg 13' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 10s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Wiche 1993 Aug 12 00 13 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Lenzhahn (Germany) ( 008deg 18' E, 50deg 13' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Wiche 1993 Aug 12 00 23 UT Magnitude: -7 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: ? (Portugal) ( 008deg 23'18'' W, 38deg 13'24'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 12s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: E. Doria 1993 Aug 12 02 58 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Vila R. S. Antonio (Portugal) ( 007deg 25'16'' W, 37deg 11'61'' N) First sighting: alpha=003deg, delta=+46deg End sighting: alpha=002deg, delta=+23deg Duration: 0.5 seconds Color: - Trail: yes Persistent train: 20s Fragmentation: none Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: J.A.R. Martins 1993 Aug 12 03 35 UT Magnitude: -7 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Sundance Mountain, CO (USA) ( 105deg 43'30'' W, 40deg 23'45'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 6 seconds Color: wh/bl Trail: final flash Persistent train: - Fragmentation: sparks, rd Velocity: - Sound: none Observer: V. Winter 1993 Aug 12 04 25 UT Magnitude: -8 Zenithal magnitude: -8 Location: Holtsville, NY (USA) ( 073deg 30' W, 40deg 40' N) First sighting: alpha=340deg, delta=+33deg End sighting: alpha=345deg, delta=+31deg Duration: 2 seconds Color: ye Trail: none Persistent train: none Fragmentation: none Velocity: slow Sound: none Observer: F.J. Melillo 1993 Aug 12 05 43 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Sundance Mountain, CO (USA) ( 105deg 43'30'' W, 40deg 23'43'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 1 second Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: none Observer: V. Winter 1993 Aug 15 00 40 UT Magnitude: -8 Zenithal magnitude: -10 Location: Springfield, VT (USA) ( 072deg 29' W, 43deg 18' N) First sighting: alpha=045deg, delta=+60deg End sighting: alpha=165deg, delta=+50deg Duration: 4.5 seconds Color: wh Trail: yes Persistent train: yes Fragmentation: sparks Velocity: slow Sound: none Observer: F.J. Melillo et al. 1993 Sep 09 11 03 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38'13'' W, 32deg 50'00'' N) First sighting: alpha=335deg, delta=+39deg End sighting: alpha=323deg, delta=+35deg Duration: 0.5 seconds Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: none Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: G.J. Zay 1993 Sep 12 02 45 UT Magnitude: -8 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Edgewater Park, NJ (USA) ( 074deg 09' W, 40deg 01' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 5 seconds Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: D. Rhone 1993 Sep 12 06 50 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: -8 Location: Mathias, WV (USA) ( 078deg 55' W, 38deg 57' N) First sighting: alpha=320deg, delta= 00deg End sighting: alpha=270deg, delta=+35deg Duration: - Color: bl-gr-ye Trail: - Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: G. Gliba 1993 Sep 18 07 39 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: T.A.S. obs. site, OK (USA) ( 096deg 08'24'' W, 34deg 11'04'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: alpha=336deg, delta=+54deg Duration: 0.7 seconds Color: bl-wh Trail: - Persistent train: 67s Fragmentation: terminal burst Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: D. Swann 1993 Oct 11 02 20 UT Magnitude: -10 Zenithal magnitude: -11 Location: Granton (Canada) ( 081deg 20' W, 43deg 13' N) First sighting: alpha=333deg, delta=-07deg End sighting: alpha=357deg, delta=-18deg Duration: 8 seconds Color: gr-ye Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: extensive Velocity: slow Sound: - Observer: D. Toth 1993 Oct 18 00 59 16 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Aardenburg (Belgium) ( 003deg 28'00'' E, 51deg 17'10'' N) First sighting: alpha=051deg, delta=+06deg End sighting: alpha=032deg, delta=+02deg Duration: 0.5 seconds Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: 25s Fragmentation: none Velocity: 20deg/sec Sound: none Observer: R. Scubecq 1993 Oct 18 02 36 10 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: -6 Location: Golm (Germany) ( 012deg 56'38'' E, 52deg 23'57'' N) First sighting: alpha=360deg, delta=+27deg End sighting: alpha=340deg, delta=+22deg Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: 18deg/sec Sound: - Observer: J. Rendtel, A. Knoefel 1993 Oct 18 03 39 25 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Golm (Germany) ( 012deg 56'38'' E, 52deg 23'57'' N) First sighting: alpha=117deg, delta=+14deg End sighting: alpha=129deg, delta=+12deg Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: 4s Fragmentation: - Velocity: 15deg/sec Sound: - Observer: A. Knoefel 1993 Oct 18 19 40 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Ballenhausen (Germany) ( 009deg 57' E, 51deg 28' N) First sighting: alpha=026deg, delta=+37deg End sighting: alpha=262deg, delta=+23deg Duration: - Color: wh-ye Trail: short Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: fast Sound: - Observer: S. Blum 1993 Oct 18 22 46 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -5 Location: Viernau (Germany) ( 010deg 33' E, 50deg 39' N) First sighting: alpha=119deg, delta=+41deg End sighting: alpha=139deg, delta=+42deg Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: slow Sound: - Observer: R. Kuschnik 1993 Oct 25 07 20 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Las Vegas, NV (USA) ( 115deg 10' W, 36deg 10' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: wh-gr-or Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: J.E.Lerer 1993 Oct 31 03 43 UT Magnitude: -18 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Dauphin (Canada) ( 100deg 05' W, 51deg 09' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: sonic boom after 60 seconds Observer: several ---------------------------------------------------------------------- International Meteor Organization * Fireball Data Center c/o Andre Knoefel, Saarbruecker Str. 8, D - 40476 Duesseldorf, Germany phone (+49) 211:450-719 (auto-answer) e-mail: starex@tron.gun.de (Internet) 100114,3235 (CompuServe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FIREBALL REPORTS ARE WELCOME !