(meteorobs) New Mexico fireball: Space junk or natural meteor?

[Chris Peterson]

Nothing in the catalog. Also, it appears to have been going too fast for 
space junk. And assuming that there were no clouds blocking the southern 
view of my cameras, I'd guess that the endpoint was fairly low, in which 
case the descent angle was also inconsistent with space junk (since it's 
on at least two cameras, I hope somebody is computing the descent 
angle).

Looks like a natural object to me, similar to a half dozen or so 
fireballs I've caught in the past.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Ashcraft" <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:19 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) New Mexico fireball: Space junk or natural meteor?


> Someone mentioned that the September 13, 2007  0920 UT New Mexico 
> fireball might be space junk.
> Does anyone know if there was any man-made stuff re-entering at that 
> exact time and place?
>
> http://www.heliotown.com/Fireball_Sep_13_2007_Ashcraft.html
>
> Thanks for any analysis.
>
> Clear skies,
> Thomas Ashcraft