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RE: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor Sunday Night?
by Kris Jones 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

For what it's worth, someone had once described to me the "key differences" between a meteor and space junk to include trajectory (slow, low flying) and multiple colors of light or fire usually indicating something man-made with multiple components that would naturally emit different colors when burnt up. Kris >>> KillerKen(a)killerken.com 10/07/02 12:43PM >>> With a trajectory to the east, could it have been some space junk burning up? Ken -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-admin@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tenney Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 12:01 PM To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor Sunday Night? Hi all, It (the fireball) was actually about 7:20, and although I didn't see it, my oldest daughter Megan (22) did. I was out with the horses, fussing with putting a blanket on one, when she came out to tell me dinner was ready. She started screaming "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" over and over, and I'm yelling, what, what??? I couldn't see her and wondered what she was talking about, thinking maybe there was a car accident or something; of course I'm facing West trying to see her behind the trees and rose bushes, so the darn thing was at the time flying right over my head. Now I'm mad at her for not just saying, "dad, look in the sky!" or something logical like that! :-) Anyway, she described it as super bright, "like a huge high-flying airplane on fire, trailing bright orange flames", heading East over the mountains, "but moving too fast to be an airplane. I've never seen anything like that!" Then the final dig: "I can't believe you didn't see that, dad!". Sheesh! Nothing like rubbing it in. At least I had the presence of mind to look at my watch afterward, that's why I know it was earlier than 7:30. Rich --- Joe Borgione <jborgion(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Greetings- > > The list has been a little quiet lately, maybe > things will pick up a bit. I've had a couple people > ask about a meteor on Sunday night (10/6/02) at > about 7:30 mdt. One friend who saw it was looking > east and described it as blue in color and 'Dropped > straight out of the sky, and exploded' His > description sounds like it traveled in a west to > east trajectory. He didn't hear any noise > associated with it. > > Anybody else get a glimpse of it? > > Joe Borgione > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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Meteor Sunday Night?
by Joe Borgione 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Greetings- The list has been a little quiet lately, maybe things will pick up a bit. I've had a couple people ask about a meteor on Sunday night (10/6/02) at about 7:30 mdt. One friend who saw it was looking east and described it as blue in color and 'Dropped straight out of the sky, and exploded' His description sounds like it traveled in a west to east trajectory. He didn't hear any noise associated with it. Anybody else get a glimpse of it? Joe Borgione --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor Sunday Night?
by RStmarie＠aol.com 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

Sorry I missed the meteor. There was mention of it in the Tribune this morning. I saw great aurora from Wichita, Kan. last Tue night. I asked my wife how it was in Utah the next day but she said it was cloudy. Anybody catch the aurora at all here? The gent in Canada, who always drops us a note from Quebec did, but he has a much nicer view point. Bob

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor Sunday Night?
by Kris Jones 07 Oct '02

07 Oct '02

http://www.ksl.com/TV/content/news/n-anews.htm There should be a link there somewhere for the meteor story. Thats all I heard about it. Sounded interesting that it might have hit the ground.. I hope to hear more about it. Kris >>> jborgion(a)yahoo.com 10/07/02 10:35AM >>> Greetings- The list has been a little quiet lately, maybe things will pick up a bit. I've had a couple people ask about a meteor on Sunday night (10/6/02) at about 7:30 mdt. One friend who saw it was looking east and described it as blue in color and 'Dropped straight out of the sky, and exploded' His description sounds like it traveled in a west to east trajectory. He didn't hear any noise associated with it. Anybody else get a glimpse of it? Joe Borgione --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com

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lecture today
by Joe Bauman 04 Oct '02

04 Oct '02

Dear friends, I wanted members of the Utah astronomical community to be aware of this lecture today, and the meeting. Best wishes, Joe Public invited to free lecture about Jupiter's moon By Joe Bauman Deseret News staff writer Members of the public have a chance to glimpse an amazing world of towering volcanoes, shifting landscapes and huge plumes of sulfur material shooting far into space, during a free lecture Friday at the University of Utah. The bizarre world is the distant moon Io, which orbits the planet Jupiter and is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. The Galileo spacecraft has flown past Io several times, delivering stunning close-up photos. The lecture, starting 6 p.m. in Room 101 of the U.'s James Fletcher Building (115 S. 1400 East), is the keynote talk in a regional gathering of the American Physical Society. Dovetailing with the two-day meeting of the Four Corners regional group, a meeting of cosmic ray researchers will draw some of the same scientists. Nagin Cox, a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is slated to deliver the keynote speech for the Four Corners meeting, "The Galileo Mission to Jupiter: The Daring Return to Io, Moon of Volcanoes and Fire." Cox will discuss the Galileo spacecraft's exploration of Jupiter and its moons. In December 1995, the huge space probe went into orbit around Jupiter. Since then it has delighted scientists and the public with a stream of beautiful and surprising images, plus an immense amount of scientific data about the largest planet in the solar system and its moons. In September 2003, having worked for four times its planned two years of operations, the aging probe is scheduled to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere and burn up. During the Physical Society meeting, researchers will deliver about 100 lectures to their fellows on astrophysics, gravitation, solid state physics, extremely tiny structures and other subjects. David Kieda, U. physics professor and an organizer of the conference, said about 150 physicists are expected to attend from Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. Many of the talks will be by graduate and undergraduate students, he said. During Four Corners sessions, "they tend to show the first results of the research they're doing" in work to earn doctoral degrees, he said. "It's a good opportunity for them to practice." College and high school students may attend the sessions without paying the usual registration fee, he added. "They can come and see what science is all about." Besides the Galileo lecture, the public is invited to two other free events: * Starting 8:30 p.m. Friday, the U.'s Ziggy Peacock will give a physics demonstration at the I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive. Peacock illustrates physics principles with clever demonstrations, Kieda said. * If weather allows, a star party will be held from 10 p.m. until midnight Friday at the observatory on the Physics Building, just south of the Fletcher Building. Both conference participants and the public are invited. Peacock said the Four Corners group sponsors interesting meetings for its members. Physicists gather from throughout the four states for meetings in different locations. In 1998, the society held its meeting at Brigham Young University, Provo. This year, the First International Workshop on Air Fluorescence will dovetail with the Four Corners group meeting. It is scheduled to run from Sunday through Tuesday in the U.'s Intermountain Network and Scientific Computation Center. Air fluorescence, a glowing that happens when high-energy particles flash through Earth's atmosphere, is essential to cosmic ray research carried out by the U. and other institutions on Dugway Proving Ground. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E-MAIL: bau(a)desnews.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ © 2002 Deseret News Publishing Company

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] APS 4 Corners
by Kris Jones 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Oops, heh. This is the annual meeting for the American Physical Society. They call it the Four Corners meeting. Here is the web page: http://www.physics.utah.edu/~4c2002/ Looking at the invited speakers and the schedule it seems it will be pretty exciting. I also followed the links from there to the APS homepage and looked at the latest copy of the program. Weather seems like it might be a bit damp for stargazing Friday night, but otherwise it will still be fun. Registration with a Student ID was free to a certain date; ten dollars at the door. The registration form has all the details. Kris >>> dlbennett(a)mac.com 10/02/02 10:23AM >>> Kris, could you enlighten us as to what APS 4 Corners is? Thanks! Dave Bennett - Practitioner of Confusionism with the simple yet powerful Mantra of 'Huh!?' On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 07:14 AM, Kris Jones wrote: > Is anyone going to this this Friday / Sat? I think it would be neat to > put faces to names of some of the regulars on the e-mail list. I > registered and will be going. I couldn't find anyone to take with me > but > I still think it will be a good time. > > > Kris Jones > > _______________________________________________ > Utah-Astronomy mailing list > Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

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APS 4 Corners
by Kris Jones 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Is anyone going to this this Friday / Sat? I think it would be neat to put faces to names of some of the regulars on the e-mail list. I registered and will be going. I couldn't find anyone to take with me but I still think it will be a good time. Kris Jones

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