Matson, Robert wrote: > The solution I computed rules out a meteor because the velocity > is too low (<11 km/sec), but the velocity is perfect for a piece > of reentering orbital debris. What I'm looking for is a match > to the following location and track direction: Hi Rob, I've checked in Mike's OIG Catalog Action Report the two following objects listed as decaying on June 26 : 1992-093AJ 22345 SL-16 DEB 1967-092K 24807 TRANSIT 17 DEB Final elsets : SL-16 DEB Decayed: 2004/06/26 1 22345U 92093AJ 04178.14032119 .00412972 39803-5 10000-3 0 9896 2 22345 70.4775 298.5202 0016487 283.6334 145.9691 16.28789060599264 TRANSIT 17 DEB Decayed: 2004/06/26 1 24807U 67092K 04177.60907283 .08065264 14307+0 32070-1 0 7940 2 24807 89.1435 234.3001 0023414 251.4842 124.0756 15.93506711822180 None of them match the time and/or location of the fireball. 24807 decayed earlier in the day and 22345 was not in the vicinity at time of observation. Alan Pickup published the decay time as June 25.9 for 24807 and June 26.2 for 22345. Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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