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RE: RE: OBJECT FALLING FROM THE SKY
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Kip Crawford on October 3, 2000 23:47:20 UTC |
Small body meteors can skim the atmosphere for up to 30 seconds or even longer before burning up completely. Depending on the size of the meteor itself determines its` length of burn out. Baseball size meteors can take several seconds to completely burn, and depending on its` composition can burn from a bright white to a greenish/blue color. Slower, denser iron type meteors can burn a whitish/red also. Meteors can and will leave vapor trails. Some iridium satellites could be dropping here and there and they too produce a bright light. Then again it could be something else. |
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