(meteorobs) A piece of Cosmos Falls

[Francisco Ocaña]

Related to the topic, how is the fall of this kind of tiny pieces? Dim 
meteor or no meteor at all? Maybe some deceleration, a slow fall and a 
soft landing?

Thank you,

Paco Ocaña

Marco Langbroek escribió:
> Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue schreef:
>   
>> G'Day All
>>
>> A piece of the shattered satellite Cosmos 2251 is likely to re-enter 
>> the Earths atmosphere sometime March 12-13. Where it will re-enter is 
>> still unclear, but there is a (very small) possibility we can see the 
>> re-entry from Australia, low in the west between 10:00 pm to 12 pm. I 
>> have a more detailed discussion  of this possibility, and a map at
>> http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2009/03/cosmos-2251-comes-to-earth.html 
>> as well as links to TLE data and files.
>>
>> Cheers! Ian
>>     
>
> The pieces currently decaying are very small, so I don't think it will actually 
> be very visible.
>
> - Marco
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> Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
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> 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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