[meteorite-list] re: Satellite Reentry Witness 4

[Marco Langbroek]

Kevin wrote:
> The thing I saw, was comparable to an aircraft at a distance. But did not 
> traverse the entire sky, it was perhaps only 10-20 degrees parallel to the 
> horizon, it didn't move or cover much more than the general direction of 
> looking to the North.

Now, indeed with a 20 second duration this DOES sound like a satellite decay for 
a change. :-)

A decaying sat or rb piece will typically move about 2 degrees per second in the 
zenith, and less when close to the horizon.

- Marco

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Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)

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