In a message dated 12/7/2006 12:02:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Reentering space junk is slow, and is usually reported as green. Chris I'm guessing that 'space junk' is slower because it was in orbit, and as the orbit decayed it entered the atmosphere as a shallow angle. Then, as the atmosphere grew thicker, it slowed gradually. All of the green fireballs I've seen during my years of hiking and camping out west were close to the ground. The much smaller and more numerous ones further away always appeared white.
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