(meteorobs) A strange meteor

[Jim Pettit]

I take that back (sort of): there are reference points. After carefully
cleaning my monitor screen with a wipe--and my eyes with a cup of coffee--I
was able to see a somewhat odd, nearly Megrez-less Ursa Major. And
re-looking at the 'falling' object, I see now that it's very yet another
lame attempt at a computer-generated meteor. Sigh...

Having said that, though, I'll say this again: I have definitely seen my
share of REAL meteors that both looked and behaved much the same way as the
object in the video...so I guess the pranksters are getting a little better
each time. :)

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Jim Pettit <jimpettit at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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