Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: FIREBALL[?], Boston MA USA - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST

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• From: Alan Pickup <alan@wingardot demon.codot uk>
• Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 22:53:16 +0000
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This could not have been a satellite re-entry. The direction of motion 
(westwards) would demand a rare retrograde orbit, and the brief duration 
(a "flash"; a fireball "slashing across the sky"; "2 seconds") is much 
too short for a re-entry (typically 30-90 seconds). Also, I know of no 
satellite that was re-entering around that time.

Alan
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• Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: FIREBALL[?], Boston MA USA - 02/09/02 at 2:14 pm EST
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