tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6289032505070726526..comments2024-03-29T07:39:44.871-05:00Comments on Althouse: Was that a meteor?!Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2409688439169329762016-02-11T13:25:56.506-06:002016-02-11T13:25:56.506-06:00@Jeffrey, we were chillin, bro.@Jeffrey, we were chillin, bro.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61929696508388776912016-02-07T08:31:37.661-06:002016-02-07T08:31:37.661-06:00I spend a lot of time observing the night sky. On...I spend a lot of time observing the night sky. One benefit is all the fireballs I've seen. Exciting.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27652879157454072412016-02-07T06:48:08.455-06:002016-02-07T06:48:08.455-06:00Um, let me get this straight. You and Meade were s...Um, let me get this straight. You and Meade were streaking in the north from east to west when you noticed this thing in the sky? Isn't it a little cold for streaking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2640389069597210292016-02-07T06:32:46.140-06:002016-02-07T06:32:46.140-06:00North Korea fires rocket
seen as covert missile te...<i>North Korea fires rocket<br />seen as covert missile test</i><br /><br />Nothing to worry a about,tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37834176357746329882016-02-07T04:49:31.427-06:002016-02-07T04:49:31.427-06:00During the Leonid meteor storm of 2002 (I think it...During the Leonid meteor storm of 2002 (I think it was), I saw a fireball flash by on the northern horizon. It was close enough that I could actually hear it crackle as it burned. That was impressive, although that meteor shower was just awesome, as I saw dozens of them over a few hours. I'll probably never see its like again.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82762932793455340572016-02-07T02:21:47.992-06:002016-02-07T02:21:47.992-06:00I was taking the trash out a few years ago at nigh...I was taking the trash out a few years ago at night and the ground suddenly lit up like someone had just turned on a flood light in the sky. It was a meteor. One of these days we're gonna get clocked by a really big one. loudogbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295905587126349220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74158300742316074182016-02-07T01:47:08.865-06:002016-02-07T01:47:08.865-06:00How did Sanders become and an expert on the Earth&...How did Sanders become and an expert on the Earth's climate?<br /><i><br />Education: Attended Brooklyn College, 1959-1960; University of Chicago, A.B. in political science, 1964<br /></i><br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/27/us/bernie-sanders-fast-facts/index.html<br />Jeepers! He's a regular Edward Teller!<br />The early 1960s were very good years for America. Top o' the world economy, a vibrant, growing middle class. We were about to go to the Moon. A young Bernie Sanders could have gotten a degree in a hundred things that would have actually benefited his fellow man. What did he go for?<br />Poli-sci. And an allegiance to a political system that crushed ordinary people.<br />It made him feel better about himself and superior to his fellow Americans.<br />Go Bernie! <br />Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23270454261744936272016-02-07T00:25:12.050-06:002016-02-07T00:25:12.050-06:00If Trump burns out, but Sanders does not, what doe...If Trump burns out, but Sanders does not, what does this say about the sanity of the two parties' voters?<br />Sanders is a frikkin' nutcase. He thinks global warming is going to make the planet uninhabitable in less than a century. Lewis Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200232293505119133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62609412520193671172016-02-06T23:34:43.622-06:002016-02-06T23:34:43.622-06:00Trump burning up on re-entry.Trump burning up on re-entry.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91197888992504695982016-02-06T22:49:44.166-06:002016-02-06T22:49:44.166-06:00Photos or it didn't happen.
Nevermind, I'...Photos or it didn't happen. <br /><br />Nevermind, I'll ask my mother (who lives in Madison) about it tomorrow. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35492670467367729232016-02-06T22:21:01.176-06:002016-02-06T22:21:01.176-06:00God lighting farts. God lighting farts. Heartless Aztechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239870131881488916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36225812631515357722016-02-06T22:20:01.158-06:002016-02-06T22:20:01.158-06:00Michael K said..."There is an asteroid coming... Michael K said..."There is an asteroid coming within 11,000 miles. I don't think it's here yet"<br /><br />http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a19280/a-small-asteroid-will-pass-an-astronomical-hairs-breadth/<br /><br />This pass will happen in March; I don't think they had managed to calculate the precise orbit just yet. And it _MAY_ be as close as 11,000 miles, or it MIGHT be a couple of million; probably something in between. I'm sure it'll be in all the papers when they manage to calculate the orbit more exactly. Ken Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170444881087453127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25685256201768552682016-02-06T22:13:06.914-06:002016-02-06T22:13:06.914-06:00My wife stopped by the meat market tonight and bro...My wife stopped by the meat market tonight and brought home four hot links.<br /><br />I'm usually not keen on spices, but I cut a bunch of slices of about a 1-inch piece and made a sandwich.<br /><br />Oh my God! That thing is still burning in my liver. She just smacked her lips like it was nothing, and she used a longer cut than mine.<br /><br />Talk about a meteor. I don't really look forward to the landing...<br />Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69414684958428990842016-02-06T22:12:00.692-06:002016-02-06T22:12:00.692-06:00Tens of thousands of meteoroids (space rocks) ente...Tens of thousands of meteoroids (space rocks) enter the Earth's atmosphere EVERY DAY. A few hundred of these are big enough to make a noticeable "fireball" in the sky. (You can see the tracks of a few of them on spaceweather.com.) <br /><br />Here's my current email sig line:<br /><br />Si vis pacem, para bellum. - Plato<br /><br />"Asteroids are nature's way of asking: 'How's that space program coming along?'"<br />Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson<br />February 15, 2013<br />https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/302465037849743360<br /><br />Ken Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170444881087453127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53538068195256108742016-02-06T21:23:34.982-06:002016-02-06T21:23:34.982-06:00Bush gets blamed if it hits, Obama takes credit if...Bush gets blamed if it hits, Obama takes credit if it misses.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635784352780834494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8881256412290340822016-02-06T20:32:06.787-06:002016-02-06T20:32:06.787-06:00Good, good. Let the butthurt flow through you.Good, good. Let the butthurt flow through you.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24534583624489611452016-02-06T20:28:36.382-06:002016-02-06T20:28:36.382-06:00Probably that missle n Korea just launched.....Probably that missle n Korea just launched.....Levi Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608821881587804877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39434858063951704582016-02-06T20:26:34.679-06:002016-02-06T20:26:34.679-06:00Yea, verily.Yea, verily.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15024498120345229352016-02-06T20:15:01.075-06:002016-02-06T20:15:01.075-06:00Need to read your prophetic politicians - Gore pre...Need to read your prophetic politicians - Gore predicted this in 1996. To the day, I should add. Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20600947332906544962016-02-06T20:11:49.340-06:002016-02-06T20:11:49.340-06:00I did some rough calculations. Anamosa is about 1 ...I did some rough calculations. Anamosa is about 1 minute of arc below your southwestern horizon, if we knew the approximate angles above the horizon your fireball was we could estimate it's position and track above the ground.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91957334678126723732016-02-06T20:05:15.346-06:002016-02-06T20:05:15.346-06:00Starman landing. Although that might have been upp...Starman landing. Although that might have been upper peninsula<br /><br />There is an asteroid coming within 11,000 miles. I don't think it's here yet,Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53130678607797074252016-02-06T20:04:17.757-06:002016-02-06T20:04:17.757-06:00Observer KG from Anamosa IA must have seen your fi...Observer KG from Anamosa IA must have seen your fireball. He reported it within a minute of your time and he says it lasted about 7.5 secs and was magnitude -10. The full moon is magnitude -12.6, so yours was bright indeed. Congrats.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34168686557119619112016-02-06T19:47:40.814-06:002016-02-06T19:47:40.814-06:00Thanks, Bob!Thanks, Bob!Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64368034822581838012016-02-06T19:37:31.741-06:002016-02-06T19:37:31.741-06:00Looks like multiple reports have already come in f...Looks like multiple reports have already come in from Iowa and Illinois:<br /><br />http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports?event=PENDING<br /><br />File your own sighting report here and you can contribute to identifying the exact trajectory, size, and possible fragment distribution of the meteorite responsible:<br /><br />http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/<br />Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30356631367664862312016-02-06T19:31:36.772-06:002016-02-06T19:31:36.772-06:00Probably one a the millions of small refrigerator-...Probably one a the millions of small refrigerator-sized Earth-crossing asteroids, which show up randomly, and not part of a cometary shower. The next shower in 2016 is the Lyrid, but that's not due for 11 weeks. <br /><br />Can you identify the background constellations?Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.com