I cannot remember exactly how many they were in number, but they were aprox. 9 or 12and it was sometime in sept. and they were very visible, they seemed to be entering some sort of a haze somewhere near Orion and fade completely one by one until the last one. I live in southern africa to be particular Zambia.
2007-02-13 01:54:54 · 3 answers · asked by chilekwa m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It could also have been a bolide which is a meteor that is large enough to leave bits of burning debris in a trail in back of the main meteor. They would seem to be moving against the stars and would slowly fade as they burned up.
2007-02-13 09:45:26 · answer #1 · answered by Twizard113 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It was almost certainly a series of satellites disappearing into the Earth's shadow. Many move in a polar orbit.
2007-02-13 02:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I'm not sure of the date 1997 but if it was 1996, it was Shoemaker-Levy 9, the line of comets that struck Jupiter.
2007-02-13 02:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by cooldudewithattitude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋