Leonids 2001

[tilvi]

Dr Nemiroff sent me this FITS file, containing an earthgrazers, which is also the logo of NSL main page.
Here is the FITS file.
http://phy.mtu.edu/~vpshetti/nsl/mk011118ut101257.fits



Do we have or anyone knows about any report of this earthgrazer?
Because this looks like an airplane track. But I found at one place which gives kind of cross check for this earthgrazer. A message on yahoo groups.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meteorobs/message/21139

is any written material avilabale on this earthgrazer?

[lior]

As far as I know, this one was seen by the people at MK as it was crossing the sky.

[RJN]

Tilvi,
Yes, for this one we received email from people who saw it. IF I recall correctly, one person reported that it took about 6 to 8 seconds to cross the sky. Also the US military picked it up somehow and contacted us about our data. There are therefore several indications that this is a real meteor.
- RJN

[tilvi]

Just found some more information about this earthgrazer captured by MK CONCAM during Leonids 2001.
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~vpshetti/nsl/earthgrazer.jpg
Another research paper abstract on the same is here
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_o ... 80d0e1d3c4[/img]