Comments on: A meteor’s lingering tale

By: Distorsion temporelle | whatawonderfulworldblog

Distorsion temporelle | whatawonderfulworldblog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:49:46 +0000

[...] demi-heure dans le cadre des caméras. Phil Plait a écrit un article sur les phénomènes iciblogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale / Il ya un deuxième météore une traînée beaucoup plus courte persistante à 2:51 dans la [...]

By: Temporal Distortion « inpeak.de

Temporal Distortion « inpeak.de — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:43:43 +0000

[...] Ionisiert der Meteor die Atmosphäre, die beim Rekombinieren Licht Emmitiert. Genaueres kann man im Discover-Magazin [...]

By: I’m okay, you’re okay | Gneiss Moon Astrology

I’m okay, you’re okay | Gneiss Moon Astrology — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:12:28 +0000

[...] Go full screen this is a good one & here are the filmmakers comments on what to watch for: At :53 and 2:17 seconds into the video you see a Meteor with a Persistent Train. Which is ionizing gases, which lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here: blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale/ [...]

By: djll

djll — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:48:48 +0000

I saw one of these meteor trails once in New Mexico. The meteor also exploded, making an odd ‘POP’ sound.

By: Timelapse – Bel Time-lapse della Via Lattea, aurore boreali, e Shooting Stars. | Antonio Ghidara | ADV solution

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:37:12 +0000

[...] dall’altra. Intorno ai 53 secondi: si inizia a vedere una stella cadente con una scia persistente, che è il gas ionizzato lasciato dalla meteora che si incendia quando entra nella nostra [...]

By: Beautiful Time-Lapse of the Milky Way, Auroras, and Shooting Stars

Beautiful Time-Lapse of the Milky Way, Auroras, and Shooting Stars — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:11:21 +0000

[...] and 3 second intervals. Keep your eyes peeled at 53 seconds: you get to see a shooting star with a Persistent Train, which is the ionized gases left behind as the meteor burns up in our [...]

By: Temporal Distortion

Temporal Distortion — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:23:04 +0000

[...] which lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here. There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one [...]

By: Temporal Distortion | vinylphishrecords

Temporal Distortion | vinylphishrecords — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:46:20 +0000

[...] lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena herehttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale/ There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one [...]

By: Shared: Temporal Distortion | Brush Valley Brewer

Shared: Temporal Distortion | Brush Valley Brewer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:09:15 +0000

[...] lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale/ There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one [...]

By: Temporal Distortion: An Ethereal Time-Lapse by Randy Halverson | Onelargeprawn

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:21:34 +0000

[...] the night skies, aurorae, and the Milky Way. A meteor makes an appearance too, its so-called persistent train lingered in the frame for over 30 minutes but lasts a fleeting second in the video. Temporal [...]

By: Temporal Distortion | Daily Sky

Temporal Distortion | Daily Sky — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:10:59 +0000

[...] lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale/ There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one [...]

By: Temporal Distortion

Temporal Distortion — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:36:42 +0000

[...] lasted over a half hour in the cameras frame. Phil Plait wrote an article about the phenomena here http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/02/a-meteors-lingering-tale/ There is a second Meteor with a much shorter persistent train at 2:51 in the video. This one [...]

By: Temporal Distortion teaser

Temporal Distortion teaser — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:37:29 +0000

[...] The second shot is part of the clip with the Meteor with a persistent train. Featured on my site and on Bad Astronomy on Oct. 2nd [...]

By: reidh

reidh — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:04:34 +0000

Every day how many tons of Toxic waste drops from space and is burnt in our atmosphere? Don’t tell me, let me guess. You don’t know! And what is that crop? again.

By: Today’s Research: The Nobel Winners Reactions | Atlantic Wire

Today’s Research: The Nobel Winners Reactions | Atlantic Wire — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:38:17 +0000

[...] is from the meteor itself, and the dying whistling sound is from the ionized gas it leaves behind, which slowly recombines and fades.” [Bad Astronomy] Advertisement Eco World Content From Across The Internet. Featured [...]

By: Glenn Schneider

Glenn Schneider — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:30:58 +0000

Here’s a rather dramatic one that lasted over an hour…

http://nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000/ECLIPSE_WEB/METEOR_TRAINS/PERSISTENT_METEOR_TRAINS.html

By: Arthur Maruyama

Arthur Maruyama — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:55:42 +0000

@9 Cometkazie:

From the maker’s website dakotalapse.com it appears that most of his pictures are from the states surrounding and in South Dakota. Among the tags he put onto these particular pictures it appears that he was in South Dakota and that the trees are cottonwood trees.

@12 Vision Engineer:

I saw a persistent trail from a Leonid several years ago while in the Lake Mead Recreational Area to which I drove during a visit to Las Vegas. The trail was visible for over two minutes before the winds at altitude dispersed it although I suspect that much of its visibility was due to the city glow from Vegas. Perhaps the trail in these pictures was visible for so long because of the Moon which is washing out the sky at the bottom of the frame in combination with winds which coincidentally did not disperse the trail as quickly as mine.

By: Vision Engineer

Vision Engineer — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:18:48 +0000

I wonder how visually persistent the trail really was. A 30 second exposure is bound to show things that are too dim to the unaided eye.

By: Mark T

Mark T — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:42:31 +0000

Question – is a persistent train indicative of the size of the meteor, or is it more indicative of its composition? Or some other factor?

By: I Am Known « It Just Dawned On Me

I Am Known « It Just Dawned On Me — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:21:15 +0000

[...] A meteor’s lingering tale (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...]

By: Cometkazie

Cometkazie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:19:20 +0000

Where were the photos taken? I can’t id the vegetation.

Heating upon compression is what make diesel engines run.

Friction results from physical. Think of the photos of jets breaking the sound barrier. That’s compression.

By: Meteor Persistent Train

Meteor Persistent Train — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:17:30 +0000

[...] Bad Astronomer on the Meteor and persistent train [...]

By: Wzrd1

Wzrd1 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:55:12 +0000

I’m curious though, if it’s ionized air, why is it a red hue, when air ionizes blue? That train would be more along the lines of ionized hydrogen, if the color rendition is true.

But, thanks, Phil. Never saw a persistent train before, out of quite a few meteor trains over the years.
I DID see a nice green fireball once, heading west to east and breaking up over New Jersey. From the rapid motion, it had to have made it into fairly dense air to cross the sky so quickly.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:45:07 +0000

@5 Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qe1Ueifekg
This is an adiabatic process (heat exchange is zero)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic_process
And when something is compressed like that it can get very very hot.

By: Bill DeVoe

Bill DeVoe — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:27:39 +0000

Maybe someone can explain the difference between the compression of gas heating up the meteorite and friction. Phil very clearly states that it’s not friction but compression – I’m just not seeing a huge amount of difference about the two in this case. Maybe it requires splitting hairs (which is fine) – just hoping for a little definition. Thanks.