[meteorite-list] re: Loud Blast, Red Streaks in Sky Over Ohio

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 21 10:48:47 2006
Message-ID: <44995C47.3040704_at_wanadoo.nl>

"E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> West
> to East. Looks like orbital debris, offhand. SW3 frags
> so far have travelled mainly from South to North.
>
> On the other hand, it did detonate with a blue light,
> which is unusual for orbital junk. A residual fuel
> explosion? North Korea's satellite?

There is no decay candidate for that location and time. The only decaying object
on June 19th probably did so several hours earlier, and even if it would have
been still in orbit it would not be near this location a this time, and at any
rate it was a very small piece of debris too small for an event of his magnitude.

So I vote for a meteor. No reason to specifically connect it to SW3.

- Marco

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