Re: [APML]: A Photo and a Parable

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

>Excellent work!  Your writeup was wonderful and makes 
>me *almost* feel guilty about the 9-in-a-row cloudless, dewless 
>all-nighters at the 9200 foot level in the White Mountains 
>last july.


Sure Howard, rub it in! Thanks a lot! <G>



>Excellent!  I was looking at the lengths of the brighter
>parts of the trail and wondering if the object was tumbling
>when it entered the atmosphere.  Other alternative is
>that different layers evaporated at different rates.  Think
>I like the tumbling theory?  


This is way past my knowledge of meteors, I can't imagine it could not be
tumbling, but maybe someone on the list who is more knowledgeable about
meteors could answer this.

Jerry