Re:Fireball over US, Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57
by elil17 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @04:31PM
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We have other ways to determine the nature of a falling object. Much can be assertained from its trajectory, deceleration, and luminance. Itβs trivial to determine that this was not a reentry vehicle.
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Re:Fireball over US, Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57
by craftyguy on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:07AM
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Exactly. If that was a vehicle/projectile, even watching the dashcam videos of it, it's quite obvious that parts of it underwent rapid, unplanned desintegration. So it likely would't have done anything significant if it was (it was not.)