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THE METEORIC PHENOMENA OF SEPTEMBER 6.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes that, with reference to the meteoric phenomena observed on Monday, Sept. 6, though there were probably two different meteors seen at about 20h 45m G.M.T., the various observations are not sufficiently definite to determine the real paths with certainty except in one case. This refers to the great fireball which was directed from the north-east and passed over Yorkshire from the North Sea to disappear finally over Matlock, Derbyshire. Its height was from 60 to 28 miles, path about 133 miles, and velocity 15 miles per second. The radiant point was near € Persei over the north-east horizon at the time of the fireball's appearance.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 118, 531 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118531a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118531a0