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AN extraordinarily large and brilliant meteor was seen by many observers1 in the western United States and Canada at 2030 UT (1430 local time), on August 10, 1972. A satellite-borne near infrared radiometer also detected and tracked it. W. T. Rogers, a surveyor of Billings, Montana, obtained a ground based sighting which provided additional altitude information. Using his measurement and the satellite data we calculated the trajectory.
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Bartky, C. D., Li, F., Gordon, E., and Rawcliffe, R. D., Infrared Information Symp., June 5 to 7 (Monterey, California, 1973).
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RAWCLIFFE, R., BARTKY, C., LI, F. et al. Meteor of August 10, 1972. Nature 247, 449–450 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247449a0
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