(meteorobs) OT post about ROSAT

[James Beauchamp]

Last night was an excellent pass over Oklahoma.  I don't recall ever seeing an orbital object moving so fast.  

--- On Fri, 10/21/11, Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Wayne Hally <meteoreye at comcast.net>
Subject: (meteorobs) OT post about ROSAT
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 3:26 PM

There is a great pass over the US east coast this evening around 6:35 PM EDT from Michigan through the southern DelMarVa peninsula. Along the coast to the northeast, it will be in a SW direction. Further south it will be toward the  northeast. See Heavens-Above for details. It should be really moving fast across the sky due to its low orbit (< 190 km), about mag +3.  The latest prediction is for reentry at 1324 UTC on the 23rd (Sunday) +/- 16 hours . If it comes down orbit later, it would be about 11:12 AM Sunday for the eastern US, and visible to the northwest.  The mirror might weigh as much as a half a ton when it hits the surface. Of course most of the surface is ocean, so the risk is low, but higher than the UARS reentry a month or so ago…  Wayne    
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