[meteorite-list] California long duration meteor 22AUG2013

[Chris Peterson]

Duration is not a reliable way to distinguish between meteors and space 
junk. You can only do that using velocity, which is difficult to do from 
one vantage point. I've recorded re-entering debris that only glowed for 
a few seconds.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 8/25/2013 6:46 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
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>>> Twenty seconds?  Sounds like  re-entry debris.  Anyone else?>>
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> too short in duration for  re-entry debris...
> geozay