[meteorite-list] re: Mystery Surrounds Green Meteor in Australia

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 17 14:47:38 2006
Message-ID: <200605171845.LAA27282_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

> Meteoric fireballs occur at a rate of more than one EVERY DAY.

That may be, but you still have to consider space junk. Some fireball
sightings in the past have been confirmed space junk reentries.

>
> > I checked. There was a SL-12 debris reentry scheduled
> > for May 15, which may be
> > a possibility for the meteor observed in Australia.
>
> If you are refering to the SL-12 r/b 2003-060F (#28199): this reportedly decayed
> on May 13th and nothing decayed since.
>

No, I was referring to SL-12 debris (#28763) which was forcasted to
reenter on May 15.

Ron B.
Received on Wed 17 May 2006 02:45:32 PM PDT