(meteorobs) A strange meteor

[Jim Pettit]

As there are absolutely no reference points on the video, it's difficult to
tell what we're seeing--how much of the sky is covered by the camera? What
was the relative brightness, speed, and size of the object? But based on
just what I saw, it *appears* to look more like a natural grazer than the
decay of an artificial object; I've certainly seen my share of meteors that
both looked and behaved the same way...

--Jim

(FWIW, I really dislike RapidShare's hold-you-hostage-unless-you-pay
business model; do you have a different link to that video?)

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Mikhail Maslov <ast3 at ngs.ru> wrote:

> Below is the link to the movie showing a strange meteor. It lasted
> 6.12 sec, but was not very bright - around 2 mag at max. Apparent
> velocity is not great - 2/5. What could be the object that caused such
> a meteor. I have two thoughts: 1)this could be a slow graser, that
> passed through a very outer edges of the atmosphere; 2)this could be a
> reenry of small satellite remnant or other similar object with
> geocentrical orbit.
>
> The link:
> http://rapidshare.de/files/49116280/MeteorScan-0324_rr.avi.html
>
> Best regards, Mikhail Maslov
>
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