We had 3 registered re-entries on june 9: 1996-027B (#23858) ATLAS - CENTAUR R/B : Not visible on the observers site (decay far south and not in time; i = 3.99°) 1970-025 HF (#04985) THORAD AGENA DEBRIS : Not in time and place 1994-029QE (#24377) PEGASUS DEBRIS: With the last released ELSET (Epoch June 9, 07:43 UT) there is a pass around 13:53 UTC, moving from AZ 210.9° to 354.8°. Maximum elevation: 13:53:01 UTC, AZ 283.9°, EL: 20.92°. But I think this is not one of the two "fireballs". I see problems with the observation times and the moving directions. Both debris objects are very small pieces. The radar cross section of the PEGASUS DEB is only 0.0908 mē. There are - as usual - also no official decay times. I believe the Chinese observers have really seen fireballs. Could be the Event 2 a early member of the Scopius-Sagittarii stream ? Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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