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A BRIGHT METEOR.—A large meteor with unusually slow motion was observed at Bristol on July 20, 11.2 G.M.T.; it had a double nucleus, and passed over 42° of the sky in 12 seconds. The observed path was from 37°+47° to 4°+151/2°. The meteor was of a red colour, like Mars, and probably from a radiant in Leo at about 155° + 25°. It is curious that the great fireball seen in America on July 20, 1860, had a radiant point in the same region of the sky, and may be assumed to have been derived from the same cometary system. Further observations of the meteor of July 20 last would be valuable, and Mr. W. F. Denning, 44 Egerton Road, Bristol, will be glad to receive any.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 103, 411 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103411a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/103411a0