RE: Daytime Meteor or Satellite Debris??

From: Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2009 - 16:27:11 UTC

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     Ron
    I did that yesterday and the plane of Iridium33 orbit passed right over that area at the correct time. Just a coincidence however because the meteor was travelling east-west and Iridium is in a polar orbit. In the video it is obviously a meteor. I read that "10 minute" quote also and it was referring to a persistent trail.
    This brings up another question possibly OT.. Do moderate sized meteor fireballs leave a daylight visible smoke trail that high? I was under the impression that trails you see at night are all plasma.
    Dale
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Ron Lee [mailto:ronlee@pcisys.net] 
    > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 6:19 AM
    > To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    > Subject: Re: Daytime Meteor or Satellite Debris??
    > 
    > Look at the path of the two satellites involved.  That may 
    > rule out any chance of debris being a factor.
    > 
    > Ron Lee
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