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Originally Posted by Forgey
This "meteor" sighting appears to be the re-entry of a man made space debris 14037J which is possibly part of the Soyuz rocket launched from Kazakhstan 2 days ago re-entering the atmosphere. What's more, the attached image shows the predicted decay (re-entry) of the object for which the track over SE Australia corresponds closely with the time and direction of people's observations.
Calsky data here http://www.calsky.com/observer/csren...=40077&tracker |
This map shows the object moving in a northerly to southerly direction. The two descriptions I read so far on this forum suggest it moving toward a northerly direction so it is unlikely 14037J unless the witnesses got their bearings wrong.