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

[Leo S]

Wouldn't at least a few pieces have been shot almost directly downward?

I would have expected there to be a constant 'trickle' (albeit small to 
start off with), gradually increasing with time, and with some 
re-entries having already occurred?

Whatever the energy involved in this cosmic fender-bender, it must have 
been quite a bang!

Leo

Alister wrote:
> Of course pieces exploding "backwards" against orbital motion will drop 
> faster, but that's got to be pretty small compared to orbital velocity.