Unknown Object

From: Mike Bevan (mike@bevan20.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 10:14:34 PDT

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Hi all

I have a problem !
As a naked eye observer only I tend to observe in the evenings and night
only.
Unusually I happened to be up at 04:55 BST (UTC+1) this morning and observed
Mir passing from SW to Elev.59° SSE to E a brilliant sight.
However at 05:08 I caught sight of another object travelling approx. WNW to
Elev.80°N to E (approximately) at about mag. 2 flaring to 0. Very quick 3-4
mins. to complete the arc.
To me it was obviously a satellite which was slowly rotating.
I cannot find any satellite in Mcants alldat element files nor on the
Heavens-above pages to match.
Can anybody throw any light on this sighting.

Clear skies

Mike Bevan
Poole, UK
Lat. 50.7550
Lon. -1.9800

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