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What in the HELL fell out of the SKY in Arkansas this morning, ROSAT hit here, activate GLP, lets find this thing
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On October 23, sunrise occured at 7:01 AM in Fayetteville. At 6:12 AM CDT a flare from Iridium 97 was visible from Winslow, Arkansas. The Iridum satellite is a constellation of low Earth orbit communications satellites. Flares happen when the antennas on the satellite catch the sunlight and a short, few second brightening, occurs. From the location you provided the magnitude was -4 but, depedning on the exact location, the magnitude could have been as high as -8 which is much brighter than Venus. They do look like a meteor but it is not somthing that hit the ground. [ link to www.heavens-above.com] Iridium flares are TINY compared to the size described by the OP (coke can in an outstretched hand) For something to be that huge, if legitimate and not a hoax then it is something of significance. "Coke can" is not an astronomical description and no they are not tiny, they are extremely bright. As I said, brighter than Venus. Also, the apparent size depends on visually accuity.
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