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FIREBALLS IN FEBRUARY.—Mr. W. F.—e Denaiag writes: “This month though it does not supply meteors in abundance has furnished a number of large fireballs, some of which have been of exceptional character. TheMon. Not. R.A.S. for March 1922 contained a list of the remarkable meteoricphejgpjagna recorded in recent years between February 7 and 22. Two of the most singular fireballs ever seen occurred' one on February 22, 1909, which left a long streak in the sky for two hours and drifted on upper wind-currents to north-west at the rate of 120 miles per hour. The other, on February 9, 1913, consisted of a stream of bright meteors which passed over North America, and had a luminous flight extending over at least 5500 miles.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 111, 197 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111197a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/111197a0