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Interesting speculation about the recent fireball.  However, wouldn't it take a
fairly large satellite/rocket body to put on that big of a show (i.e., Skylab)?

I would assume meteors to be intrinsically brighter than a reentry because
meteors are solid metallic rock and are travelling about 8 times faster than an
LEO satellite.  And if a satellite/rocket body is lacking a heat shield, would
it not break up pretty quickly?

 -- Jim
 


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Jim Varney, P.E.                                           Sacramento, CA
Civil Engineer                                      jim.varney@24stex.com
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