Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5486210 | Advances in Space Research | 2017 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
A fall of small objects took place on 27th April 2012 in Wargowo village near Oborniki, about 25Â km NW from PoznaÅ (Poland). There was only one eye-witness of the fall, who found two separate pieces (ca. 2.7Â cm and ca. 2Â cm), with several small additional fragments. After microscopic observations and chemical analysis a meteoritic origin of these objects was excluded. They are identified as space debris, therefore man-made. The most probable source of the observed fall was space debris 35127 Fengyun 1C DEB, created during destruction of the Chinese weather satellite Fengyun-1C (FY-1C).
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Authors
J. Golebiewska, M. Nowak, A. MuszyÅski, E. Wnuk,