The final final TIPS message is interesting. (Repeat of final is not a typo as you will see.) That is all that can be said here, but it will be interesting to see if there are any educated observations or "meteor reports!" Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: Decay alert: 28630 2005-10-B SL-12 R/B > > > The above object is predicted at this stage by Calsky to decay at 0823 > UTC Friday just after a pass over Australia, unfortunately not sufficient > elevation for the pass to be visible here. > > In view of the Space Track user agreement it is not possible to relay > further information, however suffice it to say that the altitude at the > time suggests that the object may last longer than Calsky predicts. > > Although we have two reasonable daylight passes predicted here over the > next two days one appears to be too early and the other may be too late. > (And we have not been able to observe for over a week owing to weather, > though that is likely to improve.) > > Australian observers in particular and also New Zealand observers with > access to Space-Track may like to monitor updates. > > Maybe our decay experts can also add their opinions. (Miss you Harro- if > you see this I hope you can get messages through!) > > > Robert > Wainuiomata > New Zealand > 41.261S > 174.948E > UTC plus 12 (New Zealand daylight time ended.) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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