We've had a bit of excitement here in the UK over a fireball meteorite that landed over parts of the south-west (near Cheltenham) on Feb 28th (we don't get that many meteor impacts of significance on our small piece of real estate ). People have been collecting samples for museums and lab analysis as carbonaceous chondrites of this particular class are quite rare, so there has been media coverage and speculation on its origin and the secrets that fragments might hold about the early Universe.
This seems to have been a 'sporadic' meteorite, not forming any part of a meteor shower and my radio detector confirms this with very low levels of activity recorded over the month and at the time of the fall.
Here's a summary for February, which, like Jochen's data, shows the low count rates expected 'out of season'.
Here are the data for the day in question (28th) and the previous day. No uptick or anything unusual was noted at the time of the fall, confirming it as a sporadic event.
Thanks for looking.
Stu.
Radio meteor detection- Feb 2021
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Re: Radio meteor detection- Feb 2021
Very interesting news Stuart, thanks for the update
Great data too
Alexandra
Great data too
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Re: Radio meteor detection- Feb 2021
Many thanks, Alexandra.
Stu.
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: Radio meteor detection- Feb 2021
Hi Stu,
Interesting. Just read some news about the meteorite fall.
Interesting. Just read some news about the meteorite fall.
regards Rainer
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Re: Radio meteor detection- Feb 2021
Interesting thanks Stu!
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