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[IRCA] FIREBALL ALERT (Off topic)
- Subject: [IRCA] FIREBALL ALERT (Off topic)
- From: "W. Curt Deegan" <wcdeegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:31:24 -0500
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An off topic item from: http://spaceweather.com/ See the site for the full
story.
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FIREBALL ALERT: On Sunday morning, Jan. 15th, between 1:56 and 1:59 a.m.
PST (0956 - 0959 UT), a brilliant fireball will streak over northern
California and Nevada. It's NASA's Stardust capsule, returning to Earth
with samples of dust from Comet Wild 2.
The fireball should be visible from parts of Oregon, Idaho and Utah as well
as California and Nevada: observing tips.
If you're too far away to see the fireball, you might be able to hear
it--on the radio. The technique is called "meteor scatter." Tune an FM
radio to a silent spot between local stations and point the radio's antenna
in the general direction of northern Nevada. When the Stardust capsule rips
through the atmosphere, it will create an electrically ionized wake that
reflects radio waves. You could suddenly pick up stations hundreds to
thousands of miles away reflected in your direction from the fireball's tail.
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, Florida
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