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LARGE FIREBALL ON JANUARY 16.—In the evening twilight of January 16, at 4h. 50m., a fireball was observed from London and other places in the Eastern Counties. It gave a brilliant flash and left a luminous trail which assumed curious forms during fully 51/2 minutes. The observations already received of this object are not sufficiently exact or numerous to allow the real path to be trustworthily determined, but the meteor probably had a radiant in Cygnus at about 290°+ 53°, and was situated over Lincolnshire. We hope to give more details next week.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 104, 544 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104544a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104544a0