2007-12-10 14:18:16 · 5 answers · asked by iamajinx 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it was a rocket
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2007-12-10
serial-no AV-015
luanch site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_41
payload- NRO L-24 Reconnaissance satellite
orbit -Success
2007-12-10 14:21:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not the comet.
These are parts of e-mails that some friends of mine sent in a group forum:
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At first I thought it was an existing satellite that had come to grief, but in fact it's been tentatively identified as the spent upper stage of an Atlas-Centaur rocket that was making quite a show, jettisoning propellant, above Florida
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A launch of an Atlas Centaur 5 rocket was followed by a huge fuel dump.
The results were spectacular - a hazy blob twice the size of Comet Holmes
and about magnitude -1 (!). Through binoculars, it looked a lot like a comet
with a tight nucleus (actually the rocket) and a huge, fan-tailed coma (the
dispersing rocket fuel). It was moving rapidly from Cygus into Cassiopeia
and by 7:45pm or so had just about faded away. But just a little after 7pm
EST this evening, it really produced one of the most amazing spectacles!!!
I knew that no comet was in that area so it couldn't have been an unexpected outburst, and after a few minutes, its apparent motion across the sky became obvious so it was obviously in Earth vicinity.
2007-12-10 22:23:33 · answer #2 · answered by B. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its a rocket
hour streaking across the sky."
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2007-12-11 00:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by ChrisCT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ai6203B_XmEtaVJM622nIPIBxgt.;_ylv=3?qid=20071210180640AAaafY8
Check out these answers, someone asked this earlier. It was a fuel dump.
Check out the link below for a photo:
2007-12-10 22:25:48 · answer #4 · answered by kyeri y 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was me searching for my true love....
2007-12-11 08:50:45 · answer #5 · answered by Movinonup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋