>>Kevin wrote:
> The thing I saw, was comparable to an
aircraft at a distance. But did not
> traverse the entire sky, it was
perhaps only 10-20 degrees parallel to the
> horizon, it didn't move
or cover much more than the general direction of
> looking to the
North.<<
Marco>>Now, indeed with a 20 second duration
this DOES sound like a satellite decay for
a change.
:-)<<
I personally have never heard of anyone reporting a re entering satellite
that lasted only 20 seconds. But I have heard of meteors lasting well over 20
seconds before extinguishment (such as the 1972 Grand Teton around 101
seconds and the Peekskill Fireball lasting 40 seconds). Low on the
horizon, a meteor can appear slower than at the zenith due to the further
distance involved. It can also appear even slower if the meteor was traveling
in a direction that was slightly heading either toward or away from an
observer rather than from a true left to right (or right to left :O)). If this
was a satellite that lasted only 20 seconds before burning up...it will be the
first for me to hear of such a case. Until the short 20 second life span can
be explained, my money is still on a meteor. I wonder what month this
occurred?
George Zay
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