Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to west south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to the north of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west , the whole thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing ,best I ve ever seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

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Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to west south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to the north of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west , the whole thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing ,best I ve ever seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

Kielder observatory reporting sighting of huge fireball, terminating in
the east mag -6 to -7.

Tweets from much of ENgland and south Scotland.

So yes, other people have seen it. But not me.

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I saw it from my window around 23.56 BST travelling slowly from E to W
in the S. It was amazing, travelling slowly for 20 seconds or so across
the sky.

By a long way the best meteorite I've ever seen, if not the best thing
I've ever seen. It was so striking I feared it was a plane or something
coming down, so relieved to find out it's not.




On 2012-09-21 22:10:58 +0000, Alan LeHun said:

In article ,
says...

Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive
meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to west
south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to the north
of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west , the whole
thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing ,best I ve ever
seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

Kielder observatory reporting sighting of huge fireball, terminating in
the east mag -6 to -7.

Tweets from much of ENgland and south Scotland.

So yes, other people have seen it. But not me.


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Trevor
Startled in Lundie, in the Sidlaw Hills, 10m NW of Dundee, elev. 185m
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

I meant 22.56. Sorry. Too much champagne.



On 2012-09-21 22:19:05 +0000, Trevor Harley said:

I saw it from my window around 23.56 BST travelling slowly from E to W
in the S. It was amazing, travelling slowly for 20 seconds or so across
the sky.

By a long way the best meteorite I've ever seen, if not the best thing
I've ever seen. It was so striking I feared it was a plane or something
coming down, so relieved to find out it's not.




On 2012-09-21 22:10:58 +0000, Alan LeHun said:

In article ,
says...

Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive
meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to west
south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to the north
of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west , the whole
thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing ,best I ve ever
seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

Kielder observatory reporting sighting of huge fireball, terminating in
the east mag -6 to -7.

Tweets from much of ENgland and south Scotland.

So yes, other people have seen it. But not me.


--

Trevor
in Lundie, in the Sidlaw Hills, 10m NW of Dundee, elev. 185m
Weather through www.trevorharley.com

On 21/09/2012 23:19, Trevor Harley wrote:
I saw it from my window around 23.56 BST travelling slowly from E to W
in the S. It was amazing, travelling slowly for 20 seconds or so across
the sky.

By a long way the best meteorite I've ever seen, if not the best thing
I've ever seen. It was so striking I feared it was a plane or something
coming down, so relieved to find out it's not.




On 2012-09-21 22:10:58 +0000, Alan LeHun said:

In article ,
says...

Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive
meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to
west south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to
the north of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west
, the whole thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing
,best I ve ever seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

Kielder observatory reporting sighting of huge fireball, terminating in
the east mag -6 to -7.

Tweets from much of ENgland and south Scotland.

So yes, other people have seen it. But not me.


People are saying there’s a meteor shower overhead. They are wrong it’s
an alien invasion. I just caught an alien having a **** in my back
garden. He wasn’t happy when I threw a bucket of water over him, the
dirty bugger. All he had to do was ring the door bell, and he could have
used the toilet. LOL

People are saying there’s a meteor shower overhead. They are wrong it’s
an alien invasion. I just caught an alien having a **** in my back
garden. He wasn’t happy when I threw a bucket of water over him, the
dirty bugger. All he had to do was ring the door bell, and he could
have used the toilet. LOL

You might be right. BBC are now reporting it as "thought to be a meteor
shower" … what else? The war of the worlds has begun.

Trevor

… Or perhaps it's like the Day of th Triffids, and I'll wake up blind
in the morning.

t

Dr paul wrote in message
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Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive
meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to west south
west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to the north of me
,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west , the whole thing
visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing ,best I ve ever seen.Anyone
else see it?
Paul

++++


As viewing restricted to the north of the UK, does that not suggest it came
from a low orbit, so space junk origin more likely?

N_Cook wrote:
Dr paul wrote in message
...
Sorry if this offends as not the right group ,but just seen a massive
meteorite to the north of Leeds uk ,travelling east north east to
west south west ,it split up at about 40 degree declination and to
the north of me ,into 6 to 8 fragments and disappeared into the west
, the whole thing visible for 20 to 30 seconds ,absolutely amazing
,best I ve ever seen.Anyone else see it?
Paul

++++


As viewing restricted to the north of the UK, does that not suggest
it came from a low orbit, so space junk origin more likely?

No. It was not seen from the South because it was cloudy there. I believe
there was a report from Norfolk.

Roger

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