UNID = a meteor? Re: SATOBS ML (4353), 18 Sep 2011: USA 129 + a UNID

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Mon Sep 19 2011 - 14:17:06 UTC

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    I wrote:
    
    > UNID:
    > 00000 00 000X   4353 G 20110918193342300 17 75 2206202+218750 56
    
    > UNID:
    >
    > The first image showing 96-072A and 09-061B also shows a faint trail in the
    > upper left corner, that I can't identify with any known object. It is clearly
    > LEO from the trail length, but unfortunately runs out of the FOV so I have only
    > one point to offer. It is not visible in other images (because it had moved out
    > of the FOV).
    
    After some image enhancement and a careful look, I cannot exclude that the trail 
    is actually a meteor, not a satellite.
    
    With my attention to the bright USA 129 and CZ-2C r/b rising together as a twin 
    duo, I did not see this third object visually alas.
    
    - Marco
    
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    Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
    e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl
    
    Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
    Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
    Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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