> >Precisely how long did the "flare" last? <5 seconds, or more? It > could > >be a meteor. > > It lasted for 2-3 sec but it wasn't a meteor, i've seen many > meteors, and > even heard one once but this object was definately a satellite of > some sort. Why do you believe that it was not a meteor? Have you ever observed a point meteor (ALPO calls them meteors with a speed of 0, ranging from 0 to 5)? Not to mention that 2 to 3 seconds is right in the meteor lifetime range. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Apr 12 2001 - 19:33:56 PDT