Fireball - possible candidate?

[AstroJOE]

Following on from my other post about the 'Fireball' I observed over Cardiff at 6.30pm last night which was also observed many others all over the UK...

I stumbled across this article just now and wonder whether this may possibly explain what we saw? http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/russian-spy-satellite-due-crash-3151118   There are a few other newspaper reports about it.

The Russian Kosmos-1220 satellite was due to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere sometime 'today' although it was apparently impossible to say precisely when or where this might happen (see article). So I guess it's possible part of it may have burnt up a bit earlier than expected?

Seems there's a small risk some of it could hit the earth although the Pacific Ocean was the most likely location.

James

[AstroJOE]

Don't all reply at once..... LOL !!

The Russian spy-satellite burnt up on re-entry at 13.58pm yesterday afternoon according to this http://rt.com/news/russian-satellite-falls-earth-247/

So it appears the 'fireball' witnessed across the UK on Saturday evening was most likely a meteor after all.

[Pete Presland]

I would like to see a satelite re-entering the atmosphere, from a safe distance of course!

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[astrodam]

I saw a bright meteor very low in a WSW direction at 20:08 last night.  I was watching the ISS from Corby in Northants at the time.  My time doesn't match yours though.