Peter Jenniskens
Peter Jenniskens
Petrus Matheus MarieJenniskensis a Dutch and American astronomer and a senior research scientist at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute and at NASA Ames Research Center. He is an expert on meteor showers. Jenniskens is the author of the 790 page book "Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets" published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. Jenniskens is president of Commission 22 of the International Astronomical Unionand was chair of the Working Group on Meteor Shower Nomenclatureafter it was...
color deep deeper gradually lasted red slowly starting turning
It was very slowly moving, starting out bluish in color and turning gradually into a deep red as it penetrated deeper into the atmosphere. It lasted about one minute.
brighter expected
It was unbelievable. It was much brighter than expected with many diagnostic emissions.
man
Isn't it gorgeous? It's a meteor - a man-made meteor.
attention including involving public setting turned
We have now turned our attention on setting up ground-based observations as well, including involving the public in documenting the reentry.
air boom drift front hot listen observing return sample trail wake
Some observations can only be done from the ground, such as listen for the sonic boom and observing the hot air trail in the wake of the sample return capsule drift in front of the Moon.
coming depending images involve itself light location public taking video view
Also, we'd like to involve the public in taking images and video of the reentry because the view from each location will be a little different, depending on how the capsule itself shields the light coming from the front.
great operation opportunity protection system test
This is a great opportunity to test a thermal protection system in real hypervelocity operation conditions.