Past and future meteors

Tim Rommes, Washington, UT — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:07:39 GMT

Well written and informative. Any suggestions for high activity and good viewing coming up? I think it was 2003 I went out for the Geminids. In an hour I saw two meteors, both were from random directions. Kind of disapponting and way too cold. I remember a Leonids when I was a kid, more than one a minute, very exciting, especially compared to that Geminids.

Past and future meteors

Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:14:59 GMT

It's always funny to think that the cosmos presents these annual shows throughout the year and coincident with the seasons... at least where seasonality happens in the northerly and southerly latitudes. My favorite is the Perseids in August.

Past and future meteors

Tim Rommes, Washington, UT — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:36:51 GMT

I agree with Thomas. It's amazing how stable orbits are that we'd fly through these debris trails at the same time every year. You'd think that even the slightest gravitational tug of a pea sized meteoroid at aphelion would result in a change of hundreds of thousands of miles this close in.

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Andrew Vane, Troutman, NC — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:54:44 GMT

I actually spotted 2 out my car window on my commute at 615AM EST in North Carolina. I thought they were aircraft at first but they were moving just way too fast. There is no doubt though that they were meteors. Happy viewing!

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Kevin Fenerty, Metairie, LA — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:14:50 GMT

Date,time and location of sighting: 11/20/08, approximately 5:30 pm CST, Metairie, Louisiana. I saw an intense blue/green fireball in the northwest sky moving generally west. It lasted only a couple of seconds and seemed close enough that I was anticipating hearing an impact as it approached the hotizon.

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John D'oh! Abbotsford, BC — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:32:15 GMT

As I drove west on a country road near the B.C./Wash. border at around 8:35 pm PST, I witnessed vast, brilliant flashes of blue .. then orange, several times in the southern sky. I was freaked out enough to pull over and watch but the show was over. I was wondering if I had witnessed a meteor shower ???

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keri, kimberley, bc — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:32:18 GMT

John D'oh! I also saw something in the sky on Saturday Nov.22 - it was around 4.45pm and I live in Kimberley BC...the 'object' was definitely headed toward Creston area, or the US border. We could see it for about 1 minute and it didn't produce any spectacular light show...just passed through until we could no longer see it.
Nothing was mentioned in the paper or news so I'm wondering what it was we saw?

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Susan, Edmonton, Alberta — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:37:05 GMT

I saw a very large meteor last night around 9:30 PM in Calgary south, it seemed to have burned out as it whizzed by to nothing....did anyone else see it, it truly was amazing.

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carah — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:35:02 GMT

If there are future meteors approching, why dont we act now?