wkitty42@gmail.com schreef op 28-12-2013 1:33: > > when i was working with the molniya TLEs the other day, i noted that molniya > 3-45 (22729 1993-049A) had an 83km perigee... i thought to my self that that one > wouldn't be up for very much longer... then within 36 hours, i started seeing > reports of a fireball being reported to the AMS (American Meteor Society)... > looking at space-track, i don't see anything around the time noted in the video > neither have i looked at any ground plots to see if this object might have been > a molniya or possibly another manmade object... > > video: http://vimeo.com/82795929 > AMS reports: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball_event/2013/3434 > > so i thought i'd share this with the list and see what shakes out ;) > This was a meteoric fireball. It was much too fast for a reentry and moved East-West, i.e. the wrong direction for a prograde satellite. No re-entry candidate in the TIP either. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@langbroek.org 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 Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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