[meteorite-list] Fw: some Japanese researchers question US Coloradofall

[Jose Campos]

RE: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Colorado fallHi Robert Matson,

You have stated the issue quite clearly! Certainly, the video alone is a good evidence against it being a meteor. 

I recall the wide publicity all over, given to SKYLAB re-entry in 1979. At that time, South Africa was listed by tle local news media, as a possible "target" and that generated some worries among some members of the public. A colleague of mine, Andrew Gray (A.S.S.A. Natal Centre), received quite a few phone calls from worried members of the public, among them, an old lady from Durban, who lived alone with her pet, wanted to know  where would be the safest place for her to go, because she was worried about her cat...
Anyway, the space debris of SKYLAB fell over the Indian Ocean and some fell over Australia. Re-entries of this magnitude are indeed very rare.

José Campos
Portugal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Matson, Robert 
To: Alexander Seidel ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] some Japanese researchers question US Coloradofall


Hi Alex and List,

Yep, out here -- just working a program offsite so don't have as easy
access to my e-mail.  Marco already did an excellent job forwarding
the precise info for this rocket body reentry -- there is zero chance
this was anything else.  The video alone is ample evidence against it
being a meteor.  Velocity, velocity, velocity -- it tells you every
time.

Like Alex, I would love to have seen this in person.  And as for
"packing bags", why not?  Space junk reentries are MUCH MUCH
rarer than meteorite-producing meteors!

Dirk opined:

> If you believe all of what you read or watch on TV
> or what your government tells you, then you can state
> what you have stated.  Both events will be confirmed
> within a day or so, so let`s wait for the facts to
> hopefully come out. Indications are not facts, but
> they may be proven later to be fact.

Can't yet speak to the New Jersey iron-bearing specimen, but you
can certainly consider the Soyuz reentry to be FACT.  I've got
the satellite tracking code and data to prove it -- no need to
rely on news outlets (which I would never trust to get a developing
space/astronomy/science story correct).

Cheers,
Rob




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