There were a lot of messages concerned the "event" on 19 November around 13:00 UTC, observed from Asker (Norway), a city west of Oslo. The description - duration 8 minutes, 3 minutes captured on video - sounds very strange. Much too long for a meteor or a decaying space object. The only registered decayer on Nov 19 was 1964-026C (#0806) a small piece (RCS 0.0324 m²) from a SCOUT X-4 launch (TRANSIT 9). Based on the last released ELSET 02323.3051... (relatively fresh) the analysis shows 2 ascending passes of #0806 (i =90.75°) "visible" for the Asker region: 19 November 11:59 UTC (east of Asker) AZ: 81°, EL: 30° 19 November 13:27.5 UTC (west of Asker) AZ: 281°, EL: 08° But in both cases the tiny piece had geodetic altitudes of 206 km and 203 km. If one assume a more rapid decay behaviour the situation had changed to much more unfavourable "visibility" conditions. Also the moving direction "from West to South" mentioned by the observer is absolutely incompatible with the real orbit track. A realistic decay time for #0806 is 17:56 UTC but it could be have slipped to 1 or 2 revs later. 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://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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