Re: Decay? Fw: (meteorobs) spectacular meteor recorded

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Wed Oct 20 2004 - 10:58:09 EDT

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    > I think it was a slow meteor, and have said so to Sirko, and
    > the meteorobs list.
    
    I agree. Looking at the video frame by frame, I get an angular velocity of about
    6 degrees/second just before the midpoint. With some simple gonio this results
    in a velocity close to 11 km/s, assuming 100 km altitude. That and the absence
    of a suitable decay candidate, makes me think it is a (very slow) meteor too.
    
    - Marco
    
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