[meteorite-list] ROSAT Nears Re-Entry

[Ron Baalke]

Space Weather News for Oct. 21, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

WEEKEND METEOR SHOWER: Today Earth is entering a stream of debris from 
Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters 
expect the shower to peak on Saturday morning, Oct. 22nd, with more than 
15 meteors per hour.  Check http://spaceweather.com for links to a live 
meteor radar, sky maps and observing tips.

MASSIVE SATELLITE NEARS RE-ENTRY: The massive ROSAT X-ray space telescope 
is making its final spiralling orbits around Earth. Most experts agree that 
re-entry will occur during the early hours of Oct. 23rd over a still-unknown 
region of our planet.  Sky watchers report that the descending satellite can 
be as bright as a first magnitude star and it occasionally "flares" to even 
greater intensity.  For last-chance sightings of ROSAT in your area, please 
check SpaceWeather's online satellite tracker (http://spaceweather.com/flybys) 
or turn your smartphone into a ROSAT tracker: http://simpleflybys.com .