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RE: Cranbrook meteor

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Ed ~ According to new information the possible dropzone is now placed at the location:

Latitude: 49° 5'40.69"N, Longitude: 116°12'33.28"W

(Updated) Google earth file: Cranbrook meteor dropzone.kmz (1kb, kmz)

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Meteorite fell between Creston and Yahk, witness says

Meteor hunters, take note: we have learnt more about the possible location of meteor fragments.
A massive meteor flew over Cranbrook early on Saturday morning, briefly turning night to day. It was also spotted from Nelson.
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A meteor that has caused a stir in the Kootenay region and into the U.S. could have landed in the area of Kootenay Lake, east of Nelson.
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The fireball was seen east in Cochrane, south in Coeur d'Alene and Spokane, and west in Nelson, Kamloops and Penticton. Most eye-witnesses described a greenish blue orb that looked as big as the moon. It lit up the sky as bright as day, and one person even said the automatic street lights switched off for a few minutes as they registered the light.
From the angle of the meteor's flight path, Hildebrand estimated that meteor fragments may have landed somewhere north of Creston along Kootenay Lake. However, he said, another video taken west of the meteor would help pinpoint where it came down.
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Dr. Alan Hildebrand of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, after watching the video, guessed that meteor fragments may have fallen near the eastern shore of Kootenay Lake, north of Creston.
But an eye witness who saw the meteor over Canyon said that can't be right.
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How to report a Canadian fireball

A meteor that has caused a stir in the Kootenay region and into the U.S. could have landed in the area of Kootenay Lake, east of Nelson.
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Ed ~ This places the possible drop zone centred at Latitude: 49°23'52.59"N, Longitude: 116°38'29.04"W (Very rough location).

Google earth file: (Updated 21.03.11) (1kb, kmz)

I have a lack of data to further refine the location.

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At Cranbrook, the College of the Rockies Meteor camera imaged it for six seconds as it went overhead. The camera has a wide-angle fisheye lens, so be aware the video frames above show the entire sky, with the horizon as a ring around the edge. North is at the 3 o'clock position, East at 12 o'clock. The streetlights of Cranbrook are along the bottom right, you can see two tall trees at 10 o'clock lit up from the College parking lot. The Sentinel camera is black and white (for best starlight sensitivity) so these orange colours are false. We can't verify the green tint people reported. (I can verify the thunder, since I heard that too, after the flash. I thought it was a distant thunder storm...)
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An enormous meteor was caught on video as it flew over Cranbrook early on Saturday morning.

"The dark night sky of Cranbrook was lit up like daylight early Saturday morning at 2:17 a.m. when a huge meteor rocketed overhead. Appearing as a dim dot at first, high to the north, it rapidly grew into a big, white ball as big as the moon, with a tail behind it" - Rick Nowell Physics lab technician.

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At Cranbrook, BC, Canada, the College of the Rockies Sandia Sentinel Allsky Camera captured a 9 second fireball at ~ 08:17 UT, 14th May, 2011.
Direction North to South.

The dark night sky of Cranbrook was lit up like daylight early Saturday morning at 2:17am (Mountain Daylight Time) when a huge meteor rocketed overhead. Appearing as a dim dot at first, likely 100km high to the North, it rapidly grew into a big white ball as big as the moon, with a tail behind it.
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