Op 31-3-2011 03:23, Greg Williams schreef: > Sure it wasn't the Japanese HTV that just re-entered? > > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/30/japanese-spaceship-loaded-garbage-burns-earths-atmosphere > > Greg Williams Yes, we can be sure it wasn't HTV re-entering for two reasons: - The time of the event excludes that this was the HTV; - Plus the descriptions of the New Zealand meteor are not at all compatible with a satellite re-entry (which is a very slow event of long duration: the New Zealand eyewitnesses however describe something quite different: a very fast, shortlived meteor). - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl 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 SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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