Re: TJM obs of 2003 Apr 25 UTC; IGS 1A and IB elements - EARLY!

From: Björn Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 16:53:11 EDT

  • Next message: Björn Gimle: "Re: TJM obs of 2003 Apr 25 UTC; IGS 1A and IB elements - EARLY!"

    IGS 1A was 116 s early on this elset (site 5919).
    Although I am not certain about these splits, the first one was done at
    1-power between zeta and eta Uma, and the last one was in a tight pair of
    rather bright stars (inclination may be higher?). And I couldn't find any
    match for my third split!
    
    
    -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office)                         --
    -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home)  http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle --
    -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA,    59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m         --
    -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m         --
    
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Ted Molczan" <molczan@rogers.com>
    To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 5:27 PM
    Subject: TJM obs of 2003 Apr 25 UTC; IGS 1A and IB elements
    
    
    > As expected, IGS 1B manoeuvred; it was about 1.5 min early. IGS 1A may
    also
    > have manoeuvred.
    >
    > IGS 1A           0.0  0.0  0.0  5.6 v
    > 1 27698U 03009A   03115.10353359  .00008866  00000-0  35165-3 0    07
    > 2 27698  97.4064 187.1418 0008435 152.9921 207.1758 15.25381256    01
    > IGS 1B           0.0  0.0  0.0  3.1 v
    > 1 70000U          03115.15224421  .00010000  00000-0  39700-3 0    04
    > 2 70000  97.4104 187.1102 0003000 119.3753 294.0848 15.25380000    05
    > I am reasonably confident of IGS 1A's mean motion, but I cannot exclude
    the
    > possibility that it made a small downward manoeuvre prior to my
    observation.
    > Regardless of the accuracy of the above mean motions, we can reasonably
    assume
    > that both objects are destined to have operational values of about
    15.26 +/-
    > 0.002 rev/d (required for exact 61:4 resonance); therefore, it would be
    > prudent to expect them to be at least 30 s early tonight.
    
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