Re: Re Entry???

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Wed Apr 18 2001 - 12:36:34 PDT

  • Next message: Alan Pickup: "Decay watch: 2001 Apr 18"

    > Out watching Mars rise and looking for aurora (none seen so far).
    > Spotted bright orange fireball, est. mag -3 to -4 passing roughly 
    > W-SW
    > slowly from Virgo down through to Libra fading into Scorpio. Got the 
    >  10x
    > 50's onto it just after brightest and noticed it fragmenting with at 
    > least
    > one bright sub fragment.
    > 3-4 second event. No persistant trail.
    > 
    > Was very slow and very orange..possible reentry????
    
    I doubt it.  From the very short lifespan noted, it was probably a bolide
    (a meteor -3 or brighter).
    
    BTW, how did Mars look?  I plan to take a look ASAP.  Haven't been able
    to get up early in the morning in part because of my very busy schedule
    with school.
    
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    Jonathan T. Wojack                 tlj18@juno.com
    39.706d N   75.683d W            
    
    4 hours behind UT (-4)
    
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