In a message dated 4/22/2003 7:16:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, Russell Eberst <eberst@blueyonder.co.uk> writes: >>directly above two bright stars that were in line with each other (making >an almost vertical line). We were thinking it was some kind > >Any ideas on what looks like a geostat? //////////////////////////////////////////////////// My 2nd best guess from Bjorn's list is TDF2 TDF 2 1 20705U 90063A 03104.25068576 -.00000243 00000-0 00000+0 0 6715 2 20705 3.8055 83.7445 0039903 95.3581 265.3481 0.98611799 49803 But this object was between alpha and beta Cannis minor (2 vertical bright stars) at 20:15 local time. Its flash period as reported by Ed Cannon (21.6 sec in July, 2002) is consistant with the obs. From: http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~ecannon/flashinggeos.html "20705 90-063A TDF 2, p=21.6 20020726, EC" My best guess is a half-period flash of Gorizont 23, which was over Castor and Pollux around 20:00 local. Gorizont 23 1 21533U 91046A 03110.20845993 -.00000268 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 04490 2 21533 007.3755 058.1335 0003769 078.4412 281.5149 00.98909607037063 Other known flashers over Castor and Pollux were Raduga 22 (98.8 sec) and Cosmos 2172 (146.2 Sec). -- Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ http://www.howardastro.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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