On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 5:18:38 PM UTC-4, Snidely wrote in alt.usage.english:
> bruce bowser formulated the question :
> > On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 7:36:57 AM UTC-4,
angelica...@yahoo.com wrote
> > in alt.home.repair:
> >> Rockets aren't meteors because of the definition of meteor:
> >
> > That's just the thing, when does a rocket or spacecraft meet the definition
> > of meteor?
> About 10 minutes after the de-orbit burn. If instead it re-enters due
> to atmospheric drag, the timing is less precise.
Burning? The burning of the entire space craft itself or just of its engine for propulsion?