Possible Fengyun-1C debris fall. Issue 10 (15th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Golebiewska, J.; Nowak, M.; Muszyński, A.; Wnuk, E.
• Is Part Of: Advances in space research. Volume 59:Issue 10(2017)
• Page Start: 2563
• Page End: 2571
• Publication Date: 2017-05-15
• Subjects: Space debris -- Meteorwrong -- Re-entry; Space sciences -- Periodicals; Astronautics -- Periodicals; Geophysics -- Periodicals; 500.505
• DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.03.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0273-1177

Abstract

Highlights: A fall of small objects took place in Wargowo (Poland). After microscopic observations and chemical analysis a meteoritic origin of these objects was excluded. Analysis of orbital change and re-entry indicated space debris: 35127 Fengyun 1C as a possible source of the fall. Abstract: A fall of small objects took place on 27th April 2012 in Wargowo village near Oborniki, about 25 km NW from Poznań (Poland). There was only one eye-witness of the fall, who found two separate pieces (ca. 2.7 cm and ca. 2 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).