[meteorite-list] Space junk vs. meteorite

From: Joel Warren <marley2010_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:37:32 2004
Message-ID: <384179495.976157789393.JavaMail.root_at_web582-mc>

5-7 seconds


J.



------Original Message------
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: "'meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com'"
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Sent: December 7, 2000 2:49:52 AM GMT
Subject: [meteorite-list] Space junk vs. meteorite


> How do you distinguish space junk from a meteorite? Colors?

Duration of visibility, angular velocity and direction of travel.
Color is not a good discriminant due to the wide range of
colors for both space junk and meteors.

For how many seconds was your object visible? --Rob


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