Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas on this sighting ? Chris Chris Peat, Heavens-Above GmbH E-mail: chris.peat@heavens-above.com WWW: www.heavens-above.com -----Original Message----- From: OZPARFITT@aol.com [mailto:OZPARFITT@aol.com] Sent: 09 December 2002 18:16 To: Chris.Peat@heavens-above.com Subject: Meteor or satellite re-entry? Chris, On Dec 04 at 19:16 (late for an ISS sighting !! ) and viewing from Gloucestershire, UK I saw what I presume to have been a massive meteor. The meteor appeared directly overhead and disappeared behind a nearby hill, the trajectory stradling at least 70 degs. The head was about as wide as the diameter of the moon and fluctuated in size 4-5 times. It was white in the core and surrounded by orange and bluey-green plasma. Just before it disappeared it gave off a shower of sparks. It was at least an order bigger than anything else I'd seen before (it was NOT a firework ! ). It's trajectory was from NNE to SSW. Could it have been a satellite burning up? Did anyone else report it? Cheers, Ozzie Parfitt ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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