Major Bolide Forecast Tonight; No Damage Expected

SkyandTelescope.com ^ | 10/06/2008 | Tony Flanders

[amom]

tick tick tick

[Cvengr]

Doh,..must be an hour away??

[Cvengr]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[WSGilcrest]

We should pop one of these...



SM-3 Block IA interceptor missile

[Islander7]

The Gods Must Be Crazy!

That was a great movie! The total budget could not have been more than $10,000

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Yes, the UK has DST (British Summer Time in their case). That doesn’t effect “Universal Time” (AKA Zulu Time) used for all all astronomical observations, which does not observe DST.

So it’s done hit. Right now it’s entering the atmosphere.

[steve86]

I know it doesn’t affect UTC/zulu/Greenwich but I was comparing with London clock time.

[GOPJ]

Ok...

[InABunkerUnderSF]

The UK should be on summer time until 28 October. It is now 3 AM Tuesday in London if I’m not mistaken.

[dr_lew]

The bolide is the fireball itself, not the meteoroid.

[steve86]

Thank you.

Can’t find any reports anywhere.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

True, the meteor, not the meteoroid. I should have said “In this case caused by a 10 foot rock.”

[Rudder]

why not?

Sorry, it's an amateur astronomy magazine. The readers would generally know

Ahh, I understand. Thanks. At first glance I thought it may have been a bowel obstruction.

[Billthedrill]

Right now it’s entering the atmosphere.

Well, that's it then. Nice knowing you all. Before we go I have just one thing to get off my chest. I think Hillary is hot.

[theDentist]

"It'll begin up there, but the next thing you know, it *might* be down here destroying your homes....
unless you have AlGore's 'Carbon Credits for Meteorites'!"

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Even if a lot of it made it to the ground it may never be found unless it landed in or near a city. Sudan is a big place with lousy communications. Depending upon what the rock was made of nothing may be left of it. It may have exploded in the upper atmosphere or there may be a 10 foot chunk of it in a hole in the desert.

[Steely Tom]

a hole in the desert

It's hit Khaddafi?!

= rimshot =

[amom]

I think Hillary is hot.

YOU are BAD! ROFL

[bert]

It is the deliverance of the tewlfth Immam

[steve86]

I was expecting at least visual reports of the fireball. Maybe just haven’t trickled out yet. NRO satellites would also be expected to detect the flash, although you might not be seeing the data. There should also be at least a few terrestrial videos and airliner crew reports.