[LM_NET] Correction to Meteor report..

[Mary Ludwick <mludwick@IRVINGISD.NET>]

DENVER FIREBALL:  A spectacular fireball streaked over Denver, Colorado,
this morning.  Observers described it as "brilliant, slow, twinkling,
sparkly and full of rainbow colors."  Contrary to some reports, it was
not a Quadrantid meteor.  It was the decaying body of a Russian rocket
that launched the French COROT space telescope on Dec. 27th. Links to
video and a ground track may be found at http://spaceweather.com
<http://spaceweather.com/> .

 

Now we know what a malfunctioning rocket looks like when it burns up.

 

(Thanks to Dan Robinson for sending me this information.)

 

Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian

Thomas Haley Elementary K-5

Irving ISD, Texas (near Dallas)

mludwick@irvingisd.net

 


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