[meteorite-list] re: Satellite Reentry Witness 4

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jun 5 17:54:14 2006
Message-ID: <4484780F.7060607_at_wanadoo.nl>

Kevin wrote:
> The thing I saw, was comparable to an aircraft at a distance. But did not
> traverse the entire sky, it was perhaps only 10-20 degrees parallel to the
> horizon, it didn't move or cover much more than the general direction of
> looking to the North.

Now, indeed with a 20 second duration this DOES sound like a satellite decay for
a change. :-)

A decaying sat or rb piece will typically move about 2 degrees per second in the
zenith, and less when close to the horizon.

- Marco

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Received on Mon 05 Jun 2006 02:29:35 PM PDT