(meteorobs) Reports of bright meteor from Queensland, Australia

[Marco Langbroek]

 > Astronomers are uncertain whether the object was a piece of space junk
 > or a meteorite, however Jim Barclay from the Maidenwell Observatory
 > suspects it was part of a satellite or some rocket casing.
 >
 > "The description that I received from phone calls was that it was of a
 > greeny blue colour which typically suggests something metallic," Mr
 > Barclay said.
 >
 > "Over 20,000 pieces of space junk are currently hurtling around the
 > earth and they have to come back down. If this had landed on someone's
 > house though it could have killed someone," he said.


Certainly not space junk. There has been no decay imminent since the last decay 
on the 13th.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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