[meteorite-list] UARS reentry update

From: Matson, Robert D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:27:23 -0700
Message-ID: <9180F6B27399C541B10663E21C8BDE9202D0CD24_at_0461-its-exmb09.us.saic.com>

UARS reentry looks to be shifting slightly later, so I've extended the
ground track predictions out to 06:00 UT. Here are the latest
times/locations:

September 24, 2011 (UT)

04:00 Just east of Somoa 146 km
04:18:30-04:20 Washington state 140 km
04:20-04:24:30 Western Canada 141-143 km
04:26-04:28 Quebec 143 km
04:40 Southern Morocco/N. Western Sahara 138 km
04:40:30-04:42 Mauritania 138 km
04:42-04:44 Mali 137 km
04:44-04:45 Burkino Faso 137 km
04:45-04:46 Benin 137 km
04:51-04:53 Angola 140 km
04:53-04:54 NE Namibia 141-142 km
04:54-04:55:30 Botswana 143 km
04:55:30-04:57:30 South Africa 143-145 km
05:19 NW corner of Tasmania 146 km
05:20 SE-most Australian coast 144 km
05:26 NW edge of New Caledonia 137 km
05:27 Vanuatu 136 km
05:49-05:54 British Columbia/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba 139-141 km
05:56-05:59 Quebec 140 km
06:00 Newfoundland 139 km

Note that for those in Southern California, UARS should be briefly
visible
low in the southwest (under Scorpius) rising around 7:44 pm PDT this
evening
and going into the earth's shadow only 2 minutes later about 6 degrees
to
the lower right of Antares.

--Rob
Received on Fri 23 Sep 2011 07:27:23 PM PDT