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Old December 1st 05, 01:08 AM posted to sci.astro,alt.sci.planetary,sci.astro.amateur
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Default The Fiery Return of NASA's Space Dust Cargo

Tom Polakis wrote:

Is there an address at the Stardust site that predicts visibility of
the re-entry "meteor?"


wrote:

You could check this in the days/weeks prior to Stardust's return:

http://www.reentrynews.com/upcoming.html


Thanks. I was not aware of that site. Clicking on other re-entries
shows a circle of visibility that is many hundreds of miles in
diameter. If the Stardust descent profile is typical, that would
indicate that I should be able to spot the re-entry from Phoenix above
my northern horizon.

I hope they post more specific observing ephermerides as the date
approaches.

Tom