Dirk and list, this very, very probably was a decaying rocket stage, as our knowledgeable list member Dr Marco Langbroek wrote:
"...Place, track and time closely coincide with the predicted re-entry of a stage of the Soyuz rocket (06-063B, #29679) used to launch the French COROT space telescope on December 27th from Baikonur. The sighting is only a few minutes later than the nominal predicted decay time, and at the correct geographic location and direction of movement from the last know orbit for this object..." I have been into optical satellite tracking for many years in the past, and by virtue of such close coincidences of observed facts with a reliable decay prediction from NORAD (...usually issued shortly before the decay actually happens) you can assume almost beyond any reasonable doubt that this indeed was a satellite decay, a Russian booster burning up at a heigt of may be 60-70 mi, and a speed of almost 5 mi/sec. Meteorites are moving pretty much faster! May be another expert on may cast some light on this - Rob Matson! Rob, are you out there? I would have been very happy to see this in person! Alex Berlin/Germany > Dear List, > The is some word filtering through the Japanese > network that the Colorado fall may or may NOT have > been rocket debris and there is still a chance that it > may be a meteorite. Sorry I cannot go into detail > because of the nature of the network. > So, if I were in Colorado I would pack my bags and > head to out. Best in recovery, Dirk...Tokyo > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
