Dimming?

From: Sue Wheatley (mswheatley@txucom.net)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 10:03:20 EDT

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I saw the Shuttle and ISS last night from Houston.  Picked them up about 10
degrees off the horizon (Shuttle -1.0 mag, ISS -0.5 mag, approx.) and
followed them until they dimmed for 2 seconds (one after the other), and
then blinked out just north of Leo.   Did they dim because their reflected
light going toward my eye was being reduced because of the Earth's
atmosphere before they moved into the Earth's full shadow?
---sue

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