[meteorite-list] Fw: Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado

[Jose Campos]

Hi List,

I fully agree with Marco Langbroek's comments. It was no meteor.
The article written by Laura Bailey (Jan 4 2007) for THE COLORADOAN, 
mentions that onlookers reported that it could be seen for about 30 seconds. 
That is too short a time for space debris, unless if it was seen at a low 
altitude in relation to the horizon, or if it was due to some partial sky 
obstruction (clouds, trees, buildings). Usually, this kind of display lasts 
for some 2 to 3 minutes or even slightly longer..
José Campos

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteors Light Up Morning Sky in Colorado


>> Dear Ron and List,
>> Thank you Ron and all of the posters on this fall.
>> This is a case where people had better have their
>> geiger counters along. As Ron and others may have
>> found out it may contain some radioactive material.
>> Best, Dirk Ross..Tokyo
>
> Not likely you need a geiger counter. It is a normal Soyuz rocket stage.
>
> Place, track and time closely coincide with the predicted re-entry of a 
> stage of
> the Soyuz rocket (06-063B, #29679) used to launch the French COROT space
> telescope on December 27th from Baikonur. The sighting is only a few 
> minutes
> later than the nominal predicted decay time, and at the correct geographic
> location and direction of movement from the last know orbit for this 
> object.
>
> The slow movement on the video (assuming the video was real speed) 
> corroborates
> it was this decay rather than a meteor.
>
> - Marco
>
> -----
> Dr Marco Langbroek
> Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
>
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