[meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 36, Issue 28

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In a message dated 12/7/2006 12:02:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com writes:

Reentering space junk is slow, and is usually reported as  
green.

Chris



I'm guessing that 'space junk' is slower because it was in orbit, and as  the 
orbit decayed it entered the atmosphere as a shallow angle. Then, as the  
atmosphere grew thicker, it slowed gradually. 
 
All of the green fireballs I've seen during my years of hiking and camping  
out west were close to the ground. The much smaller and more numerous ones  
further away always appeared white. 
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