Published June 12, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

The 1978 New South Wales fireball

Creators

  • 1. Newcastle Univ. (Australia). Dept. of Physics

Description

A very large meteor fireball passed through the atmosphere above the east coast of New South Wales early in the morning of 7 April 1978. From the large number of reports obtained from eye-witnesses the ground track, the time, brightness, heading, entry angle, end height, end point and velocity of the fireball are defined. Anomalous sounds were reported by a large number of people. (UK)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nature (London)
Journal Volume
285
Journal Issue
5765
Series
Nature (London).
Journal Page Range
464-466
ISSN
0028-0836

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
11553912
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BRIGHTNESS; METEOROIDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUND WAVES; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY
Descriptors DEC
AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES