Re: Daytime Meteor or Satellite Debris??

From: Greg Williams (k4hsm@knology.net)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2009 - 21:34:24 UTC

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    Short answer is yes.  There are some videos on Youtube that show this:
    
    One such event was the "1972 fireball" over Alberta:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It5EztnIdHc
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaxagBP0IoY
    
    Greg
    
    
    Dale Ireland wrote:
    >  Ron
    > I did that yesterday and the plane of Iridium33 orbit passed right over that area at the correct time. Just a coincidence however because the meteor was travelling east-west and Iridium is in a polar orbit. In the video it is obviously a meteor. I read that "10 minute" quote also and it was referring to a persistent trail.
    > This brings up another question possibly OT.. Do moderate sized meteor fireballs leave a daylight visible smoke trail that high? I was under the impression that trails you see at night are all plasma.
    > Dale
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    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: Ron Lee [mailto:ronlee@pcisys.net] 
    >> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:19 AM
    >> To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    >> Subject: Re: Daytime Meteor or Satellite Debris??
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    >> Look at the path of the two satellites involved.  That may 
    >> rule out any chance of debris being a factor.
    >>
    >> Ron Lee
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