[meteorite-list] Chinese Rocket Body Disintegrates over North America

From: Matson, Rob D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:47:46 +0000
Message-ID: <4A4FA25E4DFE584AA580F4F069F9B440A0BB2C89_at_EMP-EXMR102.corp.leidos.com>

Hi Ron/All,

As with Cosmos 2495 last year, I spent several hours this morning pulling Doppler data
from a dozen radars within range of last night's reentry. Unlike bolides of late,
reentries have been showing up great on radar, and this one was no exception.
I don't know if the CZ-4B rocket body is large enough to generate debris that
survives to the ground, but if so there are two long clusters of candidates in
western Montana. I'll be forwarding my composite image to Spaceweather.com
in case they want to post it there. --Rob

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In case they are any fireball sightings....

Space Weather News for Feb. 24, 2015
http://spaceweather.com

Last night, Feb. 23-24, observers across the western half of North America witnessed a spectacular cluster of bright lights in the sky. It was the re-entry and disintegration of a Chinese rocket body. Coincidentally, a geomagnetic storm was in progress at the time and more than one photographer caught the rocket's debris cutting across curtains of Northern Lights.
 Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos and more information.




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