(meteorobs) Reports of bright meteor from Queensland, Australia

[Marco Langbroek]

Well,

Does anybody know why Ozzie astronomers in public education roles are so keen to 
deem every bright fireball "possibly space junk" rather than a meteoric 
fireball? This appears to be the trend I noted the past few years.

The point is that space junk decays are relatively rare compared to meteoric 
fireballs - so they are picking the least likely option.

Moreover, they do not seem to be aware that you can *check* whether something is 
a space junk decay or not. That stuff is being tracked! Virtually everything 
larger than a football in Low Earth Orbit has been catalogued.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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