Re: Decay ?

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 16:39:24 EST

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Björn Gimle writes
>That looks like a very normal meteorite speed - at least 10 °/s ie. 20 km/s
>at 115 km range.
>
>Would have to be unnaturally close if it were a satellite at <8km/s.

I have to agree that the angular velocity is much too high for this to 
be a satellite re-entry. However, neither is it a meteorite, which most 
of us only see while stationary on the ground or in a museum ;-)

It was probably a meteor.

Alan
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