On the possible reentry observation, Tony wrote: > The direction is wrong for a satellite re-entry Chris. All the really > retrograde satellites have northern apex around 35 degrees , not 49 > degrees. I also noticed that the report makes no mention of the duration of the reentry/meteor. Since one of the most remarkable things about a satellite reentry is its long duration, when a witness fails to mention anything about how long the event lasted it's almost certainly a bolide. --Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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