I'd argue a bit with meteors making sudden right-angle turns and loop-the-loops. Only alien spacecraft are capable of such maneuvers. Thanks for the info, Kelly - and the links. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Ricks Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:40 AM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Meteor - and other showers While we're on the subject, here's a meteor drawing done by an astronomical artist whom I've recently become interested in. Trouvelot meteors<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg =1&strucID=444668&imageID=trouvelot_012&total=15&num=0&parent_id=443329&s=&n otword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&sort=&imgs=20&po s=12&snum=&e=w> It's a relatively well known image...maybe most of you are familiar with it. Reading accounts from those of you who've seen meteors "skipping" across the sky brought it to mind, as a few of the meteors he depicts are following some...unorthodox paths. Etienne Leopold Trouvelot is best known as the man who mistakenly introduced the gypsy moth to North America, but on a more positive note, his artistic abilities led to commissions by top institutions where he was given the opportunity to sit at their telescopes night after night and sketch. It's interesting and beautiful work: detailed and expressive...if occasionally a little inaccurate. Trouvelot: more drawings<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?ke yword=trouvelot&submit.x=0&submit.y=0> Enjoy the eye candy! ~Kelly

"unorthodox" indeed. I liked the one doing the 180 degree turn and the other about 100 degrees. Nice picture. patrick On 14 Dec 2012, at 10:39, Kelly Ricks wrote:

While we're on the subject, here's a meteor drawing done by an astronomical artist whom I've recently become interested in.

Trouvelot meteors<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=444668&imageID=trouvelot_012&total=15&num=0&parent_id=443329&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&lword=&lfield=&sort=&imgs=20&pos=12&snum=&e=w>

It's a relatively well known image...maybe most of you are familiar with it. Reading accounts from those of you who've seen meteors "skipping" across the sky brought it to mind, as a few of the meteors he depicts are following some...unorthodox paths.

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot is best known as the man who mistakenly introduced the gypsy moth to North America, but on a more positive note, his artistic abilities led to commissions by top institutions where he was given the opportunity to sit at their telescopes night after night and sketch. It's interesting and beautiful work: detailed and expressive...if occasionally a little inaccurate.

Trouvelot: more drawings<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?keyword=trouvelot&submit.x=0&submit.y=0>

Enjoy the eye candy!

~Kelly

Kelly, thanks for the post. Very interesting. This may be far out from astronomy, but celestial navigation is used, so here goes. An Englishman, Sir Francis Chichester, flew a Gypsy Moth aeroplane from England to Australia solo, becoming the second person to do so. Bert Hinkler was the first. Wiki has interesting info on both. These flights were, I believe, in the 1920s. Chichester took 41 days to accomplish his trip, Then, after several successful sailing ventures, in yachts named the Gyply Moth (I,II,lll) at the age of 66, he decided to sail around the world single handed in GM IV (as I recall, a 60 ft plus ferro-cement yacht). The story of this trip is recorded in a fascinating book, "Gypsy Moth Around the World". The fact that is really interesting about this trip, other than being the fastest one-man circumnavigation of the globe, is that he sailed mostly south of the "roaring 20s." For those of you who might be interested, I am sure your local library can get you a copy. 73 On 12/14/2012 10:39 AM, Kelly Ricks wrote:

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot is best known as the man who mistakenly introduced the gypsy moth to North America.