> The "faint" brightness ( -1 ) and the short visibility time ( 10 - > 15 seconds) > is untypical for a "normal" decayer. It could be a tiny piece of > uncatalogized > debris but - more possible - a fireball. Fireballs don't last that long (unless it's the size of a house or larger, but then you have heard a monster of a sonic boom eight minutes later. Even if a meteor survives to impact the Earth's surface, it won't remain visible for the entire trip down) . As I recall, it's estimated that there is at least 100,000+ pieces of debris in Earth orbit. Of course, most of this is untracked, being the size of crumbs. How bright is the average decayer? If it wasn't a decaying satelllite, then what could it have been? --------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99 39.75 N 75.55 W ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! 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
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