At 16:52 2/09/00 , rfs1@cornell.edu wrote: >I apologize in advance if this message is off topic, but I just saw >something really cool and I couldn't find anyone else on the 'net to ask, >so you kind people get a neophyte's question: Its certainly not off topic Rob. Its just that no polar satellites were due to decay today. All the possible decayers were in orbits which would not have direction of motion of 360 degrees from your latititude, or they had decayed well before 0520ut. This suggests what you saw was a horizontal travelling meteor, or an atmospheric grazer meteoroid (like the August 1972 event). I commend your level of detail in your report. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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