Kurt Jonckheere wrote in the Acceleration Report for April 9: >The following objects had a jump in Mean Motion and * MIGHT * accelerate: >14760 = 84- 19 B 88- 1 B = 18749(added today!) >19922 = 89- 28 B 91- 81 B = 21797 >----------------------------------- >All these objects need to be observed as soon as possible. Only one hour after I read this message, 88- 1 B made a very good pass over my location. Is that soon enough? :) It was steady. I followed it from Polaris all the way to well under Leo and it was steady the whole way. It was equal to eta Leo in brightness, mag 3.5. In PPAS format: 88- 1 B 96-04-10 04:20 JEV S, obs after MM decr It's a little disappointing that there was no observable change. Question for the TLE experts: could the decrease in mean motion and the negative b-star drag term result from an adjustment by USSPACECOM to better fit new observations and there was no actual physical change in the orbit? To Kurt for the time and effort you spend on generating the Acceleration Reports: Thank You, It's Appreciated! All the best, Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Varney | 121^ 23' 54" W, 38^ 27' 28" N | Sacramento, CA Civil Engineer | Elev. 31 ft. |jvarney@mail2.quiknet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------