Sorry, the distance is around 550 m Leo -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Leo Barhorst Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 7:42 PM To: Derek C Breit ; SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: Space junk Derek, The railway is straight, no curves. See Googlke earth, the building is at 52 01 45 N and 05 38 14 E Distance to railtrack 55 m Greetings Leo -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Derek C Breit Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:14 PM To: 'Leo Barhorst' ; SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: RE: Space junk There is a railway close by, but at the same groundlevel, at some 100 meters distance. If it has come off from a train and through a roof, the train surely must been derailed. ----------------------- Probably, but you'd be surprised.. Picture a long train of cars full of metal debris, and that object happens to be near the top.. The train speeds along at 70 mph and like all trains rocks back and forth.. It isn't THAT much of a stretch to picture the train rocking this object one way and loose and airborne and then rocking the other way and the side of the train car hits it like a baseball.. Sure it's a long way in this case, but I have personally found shot put size balls of steel 150 feet from train tracks when I was a kid... Sure.. Certainly not likely, but it is possible.. A curve in the tracks helps.. Are there any planes that haul scrap metal??? Military?? Forget how it might fall out of a plane.. If such a load flies, it's possible something escaped.. It looks like normal scrap metal that somehow was sent flying thru the air.. And of course there is the possibility it is a hoax / publicity stunt / insurance scam... Derek _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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