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Article #6905NORAD and METEOROIDS
From: pbrown
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:24
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:24
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Here is an open question I hope someone can help me with. After several months of trying to pursue this from "normal" channels I have become quite frustrated. On Oct 9, 1992 at 2349 UTC, a bright meteor was seen over the Eastern USA. The remains of the body hit a parked car in Peekskill, N.Y. The event created a great deal of publicity and many of you have likely heard about the event. Our University group has been following up the positional data gleaned from videotape recordings made on the night of the event. These are quite helpful and have answered many outstanding questions in fireball dynamics. Already, this event has become one of the most documented (if not THE most documented) fireball/meteorite events. In an effort to complete the data "loop" and gather all avaliable information about the event we have tried contacting NORAD and seeing what radar data might be avaliable on the event. Basically we have found out that they detected the object, but little else. That radar data when coupled with the videotapes (some 27 in all) AND the recovered meteorite could add immensely to our general understanding of reentry problems, fireball dynamics etc. In many ways the information about the event could be useful from NORAD's standpoint, once all the analysis is done. Now, we have tried to get the data or at least someone to tell us directly that we can't have it without any luck. What options might I have? Is there anyone out there who might have a contact that could help us with this problem? Any suggestions would be appreciated, as the data currently stands to be lost altogether on a most unique event, unless someone intervenes. As a side question, would anyone know where DMSP data can be obtained from? Please send email replies to the address below. Thank You email:Pbrown@hydra.uwo.ca **********************************************************************
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!uwovax.uwo.ca!pbrown From: pbrown@uwovax.uwo.ca Subject: NORAD and METEOROIDS Organization: University of Western Ont, London Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:24:00 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan22.212400.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hydra.uwo.ca Lines: 33