[meteorite-list] Can't be satellite debris

From: Rob Matson <mojave_meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:54:49 -0800
Message-ID: <GOEDJOCBMMEHLEFDHGMMCECEDLAA.mojave_meteorites_at_cox.net>

Hi All,

Both the entry angle and velocity preclude satellite debris. This
was a bolide. --Rob

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Pete
Pete
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 7:33 PM
To: freequarks at gmail.com; meteoritelist meteoritelist
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] looks promising...for something



CNN's video wasn't working for me...

Here's another site with video:

http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=232081
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=232081

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> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:44:35 -0700
> From: freequarks at gmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] looks promising...for something
>
> Texans report fireball in sky, sonic booms
>
> -Video shot in Austin, Texas, shows meteor-like object in sky Sunday
morning
> -Fireball sightings, reports of sonic booms come days after satellite
> collision in space
> -FAA told U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris"
> -No reports of ground strikes or interference with aircraft, FAA spokesman
says
>
> (CNN) -- Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky were
> reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites
> collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration
> asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities
> said.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/15/texas.sky.debris/index.html
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