(meteorobs) Spotting of an asteroid

[Sinisa Milivojevic]

Marco Langbroek writes:
> 
> I agree with Chris. Also: colour really is not a clear clue to the nature of an 
> object. Green colours likely are due to atmospheric oxygen.
> 
> The only objects near decay at the time of the sighting were pieces of USA 193 
> debris but the reported flight direction is inconsistent with those.
> 
> 5 seconds to me suggests a meteoric fireball.
> 
> - Marco
> 
> 
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> Dr Marco Langbroek
> Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
> 

Dr. Langbroek,

Now that you say it, seems to me that it was meteoric fireball.

I also spotted it once in June 1999 and saw it split in two pieces,
both of which continued a flight in their own direction until they
burned out.

What is interesting is that flight path was quite similar to the one I
saw this year.

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Sincerely,

-- 
Mr. Sinisa Milivojevic <sinisa at mysql.com>
Principal Manager of Support and Developer
Larnaca, Republic of Cyprus
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