>Do satellite burnups have a different color? Another reply told me they have >blue [ion] trails. I'm not aware that colour can be used to differentiate between satellite reentries and meteors, either the object itself or its train. Meteoric fireballs are much more numerous than reentries and come in all colours. Indeed personal perception plays a role, too, with the same object being described as different colours by different observers. >But do you think what I once saw was meteor or sat? >IF YOU HAVE RECORDS, THEN THIS MIGHT HELP: >I am in Brooklyn, New York City, 40.5770N, 73.9480W. >February or March of1996 (i was looking for comet Hyakutake). Looking North, >I believe. Moved W-->E, Red ball w/ small coma. NO TRAIL. Began in north >about 25-30 degrees above horizon. moved east. went behind a small cloud, but >never came out, in NE, about same elev. >(In otherwords, Feb or March 1996, over the NorthEast United States!) Sorry, I don't have sufficient records/elsets for this period. I'd hoped someone else might come forward on this one. You don't quote a duration for the event which, remember, is an important indicator of a satellite vs a meteor. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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