(meteorobs) Expect some debris over the next few years...

[Alister]

Of course pieces exploding "backwards" against orbital motion will drop 
faster, but that's got to be pretty small compared to orbital velocity. What 
was the relative impact speed?

Talk about low odds - but it had to happen at some point. That's the 
"problem" with stats - dealing a bridge hand of 13 cards in one suit is 
highly unlikely, but it will eventually happen.... could happen tomorrow and 
even the next day, and then not for a long long time. Wow is about all can I 
think of saying.

Alister.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Expect some debris over the next few years...


>
> Chris Peterson schreef:
>> Ouch. I wonder how big the biggest pieces are? Anything big will be 
>> tracked,
>> and we might get advance notice of reentries.
>>
>> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/11iridium/
>>
>> Chris
>
> As this happened at 788 km (490 mile) altitude, the debris will remain in 
> orbit
> for a very long time. No decays to be expected from this collision 
> therefore.
>
> The collision was between Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 and happened at 16:56 
> UTC
> (11 Feb), near 98.156 E, 72.462 N, 788.58 km altitude.
>
> - Marco
>
> -----
> Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
> e-mail: sattrackcam at wanadoo.nl
>
> Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
> Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
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