(meteorobs) Help with possible asteroid?????????

[Dr. S.Aguirre]

Hi Everyone.

I have a transient object in all sky camera the night of 2016 07 03 UT.

Hourly: 11 25 40 UT.

magnitude approx. -5

here images ( Spanish , please use translator).


http://goo.gl/0oBGQ4


Salvador Aguirre
Mexico

2016-07-04 13:09 GMT-07:00 <karl.antier at laposte.net>:

> Dear Roberto and all,
>
> The unidentified object was recorded with a allsky camera, and lasted 12
> minutes, bith flares as bright as the Moon.
> This is why the persons recording the object thought at first that it
> could be a small asteroid passing very close to the Earth without entering
> the atmosphere, but so close that it became easily visible. It was too slow
> to be a meteor or satellite atmosphere reentry, and it did not fit any
> known satellite...
>
> But from the last analysis made, it seems it was a satellite, in the end.
>
> Here is the last message on the topic, by Rob Matson (on MPmL):
> "Hi Thomas,
> Well, it's definitely a satellite. But I agree with Ted that it is not in
> the unclassified
> database. (I have not checked using Mike McCants' database.) If you
> analyze the
> flash timings, there are actually secondary flashes phased 1/4 rotation
> prior to the
> main flashes. This is not uncommon for rotating satellites with box-like
> shapes.
> If I had a good calibration file for NMSU-1, I could convert the raw pixel
> coordinates
> into az/el and compute a pretty good orbit. It's a fairly inclined orbit,
> but less than
> 70 degrees. Just based on the transit time, it's not a low-altitude LEO. I
> estimate
> the altitude is over 1000 km.  --Rob"
>
> So it seems the mystery is solved!
>
> Clea skies to all!
> Karl
>
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Roberto Gorelli" <md6648 at mclink.it>
> À: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>, "karl
> antier" <karl.antier at laposte.net>
> Cc: "drygulch 99" <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com>
> Envoyé: Lundi 4 Juillet 2016 22:04:38
> Objet: Re: (meteorobs) Help with possible asteroid?????????
>
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2016 16:29:06 +0200 (CEST)
>   karl.antier at laposte.net wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I guess this could be of interest for us, as it potentially requires
> >allsky records.
> > Message, sent to Minor Planet Mailing List by Thomas Dorman, is
> >dealing with a long lasting and bright flashing unidentified object
> >observed above New Mexico and Texas.
> > Has anyone some recordings taken near those positions at those dates
> >(July 3rd, 2016, between 04h20 and 04h31 UT)?
> >
> > I copy Thomas, in case he is not a list subscriber.
> > And here is his e-mail on MPML (my e-mail is rejected by
> >spam-filter, otherwise, if I forward his e-mail) :
> >
> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mpml/conversations/topics/32107?reverse=1
> >
> > Clear skies to all!
> > Karl
>
> Probably I not understand exactly the topic: in the past years two
> bodies discovered as asteroids fell on the Earth as meteorites, do
> it can occured the same now? A flashing object sound strange: a
> rotating satellite? A Rentry of satellites? What other?
> In  http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NEO/toconfirm_tabular.html
> there are many objects that  stand by for confirmation but nobody of
> they can to be see with naked eyes flashing.
> I think that more probably it's a manmade object.
> Best greetings.
> Roberto Gorelli
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