(meteorobs) Meteor over Ireland Feb.3,2010

[Geert Barentsen]

Thanks for the info Tony !




On 6 February 2010 09:10, Tony Beresford <dberesford at adam.com.au> wrote:

> At 06:07 PM 6/02/2010, you wrote:
> >At 12:13 PM 6/02/2010, Geert Barentsen wrote:
> > >
> > >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.
> >t
> >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.
> Geert,
> I mentioned a decay which was predicted to happen on February 5,
> but I had not read the reports at that point.
> and there is  absolutely no way the event can be explained by
> a satellite decay.There was no predicted decay around that time.
> This is absolutely confirmed by the observer
> reports on your website. A decaying satellite would have lasted
> for much longer than the 10 second mentioned by the first report.
> This entirely due to the fact that the usual re-entry of
> of an uncontrolled bit of our rubbish has to have a velocity
> around  8 km/second , and from the right persperctive the observed
> trajectory is horizontal.
>
> Interested to see the proportion of observers who had the common
> illusion about the closeness of the event and consequently that the
> impact point was local. This is of course a common event in both
> time and space.Please complement most of the persons who reported
> on your website as of 0900UT. The fact that quite a few reports
> said it was arounf full moon brightness , but the relativly
> experienced put a much lower brightness is disconcerting.
> Tony Beresford
>
>
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