The daylight fireball of January 20, 1988
Abstract
This exploding fireball (bolide) displayed a number of remarkable (although not unique) phenomena. Estimates of the end height (23 km) and end velocity (2 to 5 km/sec) of the luminous trajectory are low values strongly favoring the survival of meteoritic fragments, which most likely landed in or near the Moyeha Valley of west-central Vancouver Island.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- Pub Date:
- August 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989JRASC..83..232A
- Keywords:
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- Bolides;
- Fireballs;
- Meteor Trails;
- British Columbia;
- Daytime;
- Explosions;
- Trajectories;
- Astronomy