Tom, you seem to be making an implicit assumption that CNN played the Mir reentry video at the same speed that it was recorded. I would guess that CNN played it fast, probably at about 6X. That would be consistent with verbal eye witness reports, which said it was about a minute and a half. Is there anybody out there have inside knowledge of what goes on at CNN that can tell us at what speed CNN played it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..Virgil..->VFenn1@excite.com 2001/03/26 16:18:22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas A. Troszak" <tom@bullhammer.com> > Having seen the Mir reentry video on CNN last night, it becomes apparent > that the debris passed across the entire field of view in about 15 > seconds (I didn't actually time it yet), MUCH faster than a typical > "fast satellite" pass. > > I have seen a fireball which took 4 - 6 seconds to cover half of the > visible sky, and was told by many people that it "was too fast for a > satellite reentry". I guess when reeaally big pieces such as Mir get > down below 60 km altitude they are still going several km/sec and would > be VERY similar in appearance (transit speed-wise) to a smaller, higher, > and much faster meteors. > > I guess now the only way to tell a natural fireball from a man-made one > will be a careful scrutiny of the possible reentry candidates for the > location and time and direction, but to me it will no longer be possible > to dismiss all "fast fireball" reports as natural phenomenon. > > -- > Tom Troszak, Asheville, NC, USA > 35.601 N, -82.554 W > mailto:tom@bullhammer.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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