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Hi,
I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 23:37:52 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Ashby"
wrote: Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. I was outside at 11ish, there was a flash of light mainly seen reflected off the rims of my glasses. Maybe I'm too far south though (NE Hampshire). -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/ Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/ |
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Peter Ashby wrote:
Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was driving home from Norwich with my daughter. At first we thought it was a firework - then realised the trail across the sky wasn't smoke at all, but a meteor tail - it was incredible; a really bright flash at the end too - it lit up the (unlit) A47. The night before I was cycling after dark and saw another spectacular one which broke into several pieces as it raced East to West. I love living in the countryside ![]() -- Chris |
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...ov_taurids.htm
" Earth is orbiting through a swarm of space debris that may be producing an unusual number of nighttime fireballs." |
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![]() "Peter Ashby" wrote in message ... Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. |
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Alastair McDonald wrote:
"Peter Ashby" wrote in message ... Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's revolving |
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![]() "www.waspies.net" wrote in message ... Alastair McDonald wrote: "Peter Ashby" wrote in message ... Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's revolving at 900 mph, orbiting the sun @ 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that's all source of all our power...... ;-) Pete |
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Peter Ashby wrote:
"www.waspies.net" wrote in message ... Alastair McDonald wrote: "Peter Ashby" wrote in message ... Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's revolving at 900 mph, orbiting the sun @ 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that's all source of all our power...... ;-) Pete The sun and you and me and all the stars that you can see go round every two hundred million years |
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![]() Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's revolving at 900 mph, orbiting the sun @ 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that's all source of all our power...... ;-) Pete The sun and you and me and all the stars that you can see go round every two hundred million years Just remember that you're standing on a planet That's evolving And revolving At nine thousand miles an hour. It's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, 'Round the sun that is the source of all our power. Now the sun, and you and me, and all the stars that we can see, Are moving at a million miles a day, In the outer spiral arm, at fourteen thousand miles an hour, Of a galaxy we call the Milky Way. Our galaxy itself contains a hundred million stars; It's a hundred thousand light-years side to side; It bulges in the middle sixteen thousand light-years thick, But out by us it's just three thousand light-years wide. We're thirty thousand light-years From Galactic Central Point, We go 'round every two hundred million years; And our galaxy itself is one of millions of billions In this amazing and expanding universe. Our universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding, In all of the directions it can whiz; As fast as it can go, that's the speed of light, you know, Twelve million miles a minute And that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth; And pray that there's intelligent life Somewhere out in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth! -- Eric Idle |
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Peter Ashby wrote:
Hi, I have been told that a spectaluor meteor was seen over Central England today. I wonder if anyone has any more info. Apologies for posting on this group, there must be a more specialised group but I'm not aware of one. Regards, Pete Coventry I was reading the following last night about 10 o'clock, but decided not to go out and look for meteors since it was a cold, cloudy night and I thought that the odds of seeing anything were pretty low :-( http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...htm?list133033 Cheers, Alastair. Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's revolving at 900 mph, orbiting the sun @ 90 miles a second, so it's reckoned, a sun that's all source of all our power...... ;-) Pete The sun and you and me and all the stars that you can see go round every two hundred million years Just remember that you're standing on a planet That's evolving And revolving At nine thousand miles an hour. It's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, 'Round the sun that is the source of all our power. Now the sun, and you and me, and all the stars that we can see, Are moving at a million miles a day, In the outer spiral arm, at fourteen thousand miles an hour, Of a galaxy we call the Milky Way. Our galaxy itself contains a hundred million stars; It's a hundred thousand light-years side to side; It bulges in the middle sixteen thousand light-years thick, But out by us it's just three thousand light-years wide. We're thirty thousand light-years From Galactic Central Point, We go 'round every two hundred million years; And our galaxy itself is one of millions of billions In this amazing and expanding universe. Our universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding, In all of the directions it can whiz; As fast as it can go, that's the speed of light, you know, Twelve million miles a minute And that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth; And pray that there's intelligent life Somewhere out in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth! -- Eric Idle Thanks for that, the Universe song is one of my favs, makes you feel nice and small and that any problems you may have don't matter a hoot. |
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