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BRILLIANT FIREBALL OF FEBRUARY 27.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes:—“On February 27, at 6.55, a magnificent meteor was observed at various places. It fell slowly, and illuminated objects around like the bright ball of a Roman candle. The meteor is remarkable in two respects; namely, for its unusual proximity to the earth at the end of its career and for the intense green colour exhibited by its nucleus as it sailed down the sky. Several independent observers say the object apparently reached the horizon, or got within 2° or 3° of it, before it became extinct. Its height was certainly not more than twelve miles at the end of its luminous career, which occurred over a point about twenty miles west of the island of Anglesey. Possibly, indeed, the meteor may have fallen in the Irish Channel, but evidence must be awaited from places nearer the scene of the event than any we now possess.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 83, 45–46 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083045a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/083045a0