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THE FIREBALL OF OCTOBER 20.—Mr. Denning writes that forty-six observations of this brilliant object have reached him. It was seen from widely distant stations, the most northerly being Rothes (Elgin), and the most southerly Totteridge (Herts) and Bristol. The fireball was a splendid one, and it traversed a long flight of about 252 miles, from over a place 60 miles N.W. of Edinburgh to 50 miles E. of Whitby, Yorks. Its elevation decreased from 68 to 25 miles,. and its velocity was about 17 miles per second. The radiant point was near ζ Herculis, situated low in the N.W. by W. sky at the time of the apparition. There is no well-known meteor shower from this region in the autumn, but bright meteors have sometimes been observed from the same astronomical point at various times of the year, and this point near ζ Herculis forms the chief focus of a well-defined: meteoric shower visible during the last half of May.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 98, 176–177 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098176a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/098176a0