(meteorobs) Spotting of an asteroid

[Randy Gregory]

You probably saw a fireball.

On 3/19/08, Sinisa Milivojevic <sinisa at mysql.com> wrote:
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> Hello folks,
>
> I am not an astronomer or anything like that, I am software
> engineer. But, I have to report this somewhere or I will die ... ;o)
>
> I live in Larnaca, on the beautifull island of Cyprus.
>
> I was walking home this evening at about 9:30 PM local time when
> something up on the dark, but VERY clear, sky grabbed my attention. It
> was a celestial body, too big for meteorite. I spot meteorite a lot
> here, as there is no pollution. This one was very big and it contained
> two seemingly round parts, both of which were seemingly round, left
> was a bit bigger. Of course, the entire body was burning. It's outer
> surface was brighter then inner and then it shrinked until it all
> burnt out.
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> It was flying from south-south-east to north-north-west,
> approximately.
>
> It was burning for about 5 seconds, until it burnt out.
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> But, for those 5 (five) seconds I was starring at it immovable.
>
> You can ask me what ever you want, but I don't think I remember
> anything else.
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> Sincerely,
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> Mr. Sinisa Milivojevic <sinisa at mysql.com>
> Senior Support Manager and Developer
> Larnaca, Republic of Cyprus
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