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Old 14-02-2014, 08:02 AM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
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Almost certainly a satellite. Meteors travel so fast you wouldn't have a chance of tracking it. Comets on the other hand move very slowly. In this case case a slow refer to apparent motion btw, meteors appear fast because they are very close in the upper atmosphere while comets are many millions or billions of kms away in other areas of the solar system.
Once you have done a bit of observing you find yourself just ignoring all the satellites passing through the field of view, it happens so often.

Malcolm
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