(meteorobs) Meteor over Ireland Feb.3,2010

[Tony Beresford]

At 12:13 PM 6/02/2010, Geert Barentsen wrote:
>There has been an exceptional amount of observers and publicity for this
>fireball all over Ireland. It must have been exceptionally long and/or slow
>and/or bright (but also the timing, 6 pm, could not have been better for the
>public).
>
>We posted a bunch of reports from Northern Ireland on the website of Armagh
>Observatory ( http://www.arm.ac.uk/press/2010/fireball-Feb-3.html ).
>Unfortunately, our cameras only switched on a few minutes after the event
>:-(
>
>Judging from the reports, I would expect the meteorite (if any) would have
>fallen into the sea.
>
>If anyone would see evidence for a sat decay, please do let me know.
>
>Best wishes,
>Geert
The only possible decay was  supposed to happen some 2 hours earlier,
and at the longitude of Ireland but on a descending orbit at some 30 degrees
South of Ireland , orbital inclination about 51.6 degrees.
So that removes satellite decay from the possibilties.
Tony Beresford