> > > I don't understand why space junk, rather than a meteoric fireball, is almost > always being picked out as the most likely explanation by these observatory > spokesmen whenever a bright fireball has been sighted. The point is that > space > junk decays are relatively rare compared to meteoric fireballs - so they are > picking the least likely option.
It is more common than you think. For example, in the past month, 9 pieces of space junk have reentered into Earth's atmosphere. > Moreover, these commenters do not seem to be aware that you can actually > *check* > whether something is a space junk decay or not. That stuff is being tracked! > Virtually everything larger than a football in Low Earth Orbit has been > catalogued. I checked. There was a SL-12 debris reentry scheduled for May 15, which may be a possibility for the meteor observed in Australia. Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
