Pieces of 09052C / 35939, which several list members observed a few hours prior to decay, are reported to have landed in Mongolia, "thirty kilometers to the northeast of Buren Soum, Tuv Province": http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4455&Itemid=36 <<<< According to a team comprising specialists from defense, emergency and astrology, who inspected the object, the two objects described by local people as meteoroids, were parts of U.S delivery rocket Delta-2. In particular, it was a liquid fuel tank of the rocket that was launched on September 25, 2009 from the Cape Canaveral's station in Florida, the United States. The stainless steel object was 7.5-meter in diameter and had a number seal "02728" on it. >>>> A couple of earlier reports with additional photos: http://en.news.mn/news/4464 http://www.mk.ru/science/article/2010/02/25/437154-na-mongoliyu-upali-dva-nlo-foto.html I estimate that the site of the fall is approximately 47.0 N, 105.2 E. Our final elset, available at the following URL, has the object passing close to the site within a few minutes of 03:32 UTC on Feb 19. The elements are based on observations by Tim Luton on Feb 18 near 23:30 UTC, and Jim Nix and Brad Young one rev later, on Feb 19 near 00:58 UTC. http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2010/0202.html Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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