It was iridium 51 which flared before iridium 36. Since one iridium can be happening to be passing
near another, which has a similar orbit, then you get events like this.
Iridium Coordinates
Ir# S Date Local Time Azm El RA Decl Mag
51 2004- 8-14 22:15:50.5 062 36 0h13 43.3 -1.1
36 2004- 8-14 22:16:08.6 061 37 0h10 44.5 -7.7
This above, is the data given by rob matson's iridflar program.
You can download it from
http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/programs/flare221.zip
Kevin
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