[meteorite-list] Re: (meteorobs) Possibly 3 fireballs over Europe on 6-7 April

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From: Rob McNaught <rmn_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:50:25 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.1020409095609.28460E-100000_at_aaocbnu1.aao.gov.au>

> A satellite whose perigee has dropped sufficiently to produce a fireball
> at each orbit, is likely very eccentric and will have a pretty fixed
> latitude of perigee. Thus, the fireball would tend to be seen further east
> by the time difference between perigees. Thus, if the orbital period were
> about 4 hours (implying a very eccentric orbit if perigee is around 100km),
> each fireball would occur 4 hours (60 degrees) further east on each orbit.
^^^^

further WEST !!! Sorry.
Received on Mon 08 Apr 2002 07:56:41 PM PDT

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