Some possible "debris" has been recovered though they have not yet analysed it so they are not sure it is the object in question. The debris does appear to be of a meteor and therefore from the re-entry in question. If it was not and appeared man-made (which it probably isn't) I would have wondered about a bit of Suitsat which decayed a few days earlier but at this stage that does not appear to be a possibility. and is also doubtful geographically though not impossible. Therefore it appears unless there are any new developments showing the object as man-made it appears to be OT. Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> To: "satellite list" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:49 PM Subject: Re: New Zealand Meteor/Re-Entry > > > djmullen@tds.net wrote: >>>From The Register: http://www.theregister.com/2006/09/12/nz_meteor/ >> >> Exploding meteor wows NZ >> Sonic boom, purple and red flames, the works >> By Lester Haines >> >> >> No debris has been recovered, so Jenny McCormick of the Auckland-based >> Stardome Observatory postulated that the aerial display might have been >> caused by "a piece of space junk like old satellites". > > Here we go again - sigh -. No, this was no re-entry: descriptions don't > fit and there is no decay candidate. It was a meteor. > > Many bright meteors don't leave debris (meteorites). And even if they do, > it is often hard to find. > > - Marco :-( > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek > Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) > > e-mail: meteorites@dmsweb.org > private website http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek > DMS website http://www.dmsweb.org > ----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > __________ NOD32 1.1753 (20060912) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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