Fragmenting meteoroids Re: (meteorobs) Re: zig or zag?

[Marco Langbroek]

> I have never seen the zigzag phenomena  but do vividly recall a splitting
meteor
> in the early 1970's    On a canal near Rupert Idaho at dusk a bright slow
> meteor in the southern sky heading SE towards the SE horizon  split in two
[snip]
> It may have been satellite re-entry material?

Not necessarily. Fragmentation is a well known phenomenon of meteoroids,
especially for fireballs. I've seen it happen several times over the years.

- Marco