Theoretically, sure; a bolide could skip out of the atmosphere and return on a second pass. Or at least I¹ve been told this by people who¹ve spent more time on it than myself and I tend to believe them. But in that case, ³slow moving² is not an option. You would need a very fast-moving, massive object that A) retains enough velocity to continue on after the atmosphere slows it down, and B) has enough mass to survive the atmospheric ablation. And I would expect it to be a mechanically tough body, since even one fragmentation event would probably be the end of its journey. You¹d get something more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M8LQ7_hWtE So we¹re back to a fast object again, certainly not something that someone can video for more than three minutes like the guy did in Houston. I¹m certain the Houston event was an airplane. Cheers, Marc Fries On 1/23/15, 1:21 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:25 PM, drtanuki via Meteorite-list ><[email protected]> wrote: >>List, >> >>Huh? Physics/Astronomy PhD has a Meteor? over Houston, TX? >>Looks like an aircraft contrail to me. Tell me that I am wrong. >>Expert explains strange fireball flying over Houston area >>KHOU >>A slow moving meteor can make one full swing around the world before >>crashing or disintegrating. The fireball Sterling captures is similar to >>the one ... >>http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/01/21/expert-explains-strange-f >>ireball-flying-over-houston-area/22088689/ >> >> >>Dirk Ross...Tokyo >>______________________________________________ >> >>Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
