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(meteorobs) Fwd: Fireball Over Portugal?
I apologize if this is old news, but I'm on the Digest
Version of the meteorobs, and I haven't seen the
latest posts.
Bob V.
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[meteorite-list] Re: Fireball Over Portugal?
Ron Baalke baalke@zagami.jpl.nasadot gov
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:13:37 -0700 (PDT)
Here's the original report I've received:
In the dawn of the last Sunday (16/09/2001) at
3.30am (UT), 4.30am in Portugal, many people saw a
fireball in the sky. The fiery meteor across the sky
in the littoral of the country in the direction W-N.
Most eyewitnesses said the object traveled close to
the Atlantic coast and saw the object broke up like
fireworks into four five pieces.
One woman in the north of Portugal made a home video
of the meteor with a camcorder in wich we can see at
least 14-15 pieces of the object.
The video passes in the portuguese television with
the testimony of the eyewitnesses. We have
observations of the object in line with 360 Km.
I now suspect though that this was a reentry of rocket
debris, from a launch made in either 1964 or 1966.
There were two reentries expected on September 16.
International Catalog Forecasted
Designation Name Number Decay Date
1964-006AD ELEKTRON 1 DEB 20224 September 16
1966-005N TRANSIT 11 DEB 24704 September 16
Ron Baalke
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