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

[Thomas Dorman]

Chris
I agree this was not space junk event.After viewing
the videos my guess is we are looking at a earthgrazer
that dug deep into the atmosphere and if it did not
burn up may very well have skipped back out into
space.Trajectory calculations will tell the story.What
a beast!
Thomas Dorman
--- Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

> 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
> 
> *****************************************
> 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
> 
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