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RE: (meteorobs) JERS-1 Satellite Info
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At 06:56 AM 12/2/01, Wayne T Hally wrote:
>To all, the long times of observation pretty much preclude this object
>being a meteor, as minumum velocity of a meteor is 11 km/sec, about 7 miles
>per second. Orbiting material travels about hal3/4 of that speed and slowly
>decelarates as it grazes the upper layers of the atmosphere, wheras meteors
>are sledom grazing (except for those early super Leonids!!
>
>Wayne
>
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>From: AstronomerTed@aol.com[SMTP:AstronomerTed@aol.com]
>Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 12:58 AM
>To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>Subject: (meteorobs) JERS-1 Satellite Info
>
><<File: ATT00010.html>>
>Here's a site with some info (including predictions on the reentry which
>was
>estimated to happen on the 3rd of December):
>http://www.nasda.go.jp/jers1/index_e.html
>
>
>Also it is listed at this site with this data
>(http://www.satobs.org/decay.html):
>1992-007A JERS 1 21867 November 27 12.50
>
>It might have just been a bolide, but my I'm beginning to think this may
>have
>been its reentry...
>
>I'm going to plug the details in and see if it passed over this area
>tonight.
>
>~Ted
>
>
>
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>
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>If you are interested in complete links on the 2001 LEONIDS, see:
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