[meteorite-list] re: Mystery Surrounds Green Meteor in Australia

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 17 14:05:37 2006
Message-ID: <446B65EA.7030804_at_wanadoo.nl>

Ron Baalke wrote (about Space Junk decays):

> It is more common than you think. For example,
> in the past month, 9 pieces
> of space junk have reentered into Earth's atmosphere.

Half of this were very tiny pieces with very small RCS values, not large enough
to cause a fireball.

Meteoric fireballs occur at a rate of more than one EVERY DAY. Compared to that,
space junk decay fireballs are rare.

> I checked. There was a SL-12 debris reentry scheduled
> for May 15, which may be
> a possibility for the meteor observed in Australia.

If you are refering to the SL-12 r/b 2003-060F (#28199): this reportedly decayed
on May 13th and nothing decayed since.

- Marco

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