Paul Maley wrote: > I observed one interesting naked eye flasher which produced specular > flashes of -1 heading north to south on 5 December 2000 at 0537UT; at > that moment it passed near Eta Ursa Majoris. > I ran SKYMAP and did not find a match except for Iridium 9 heading > at the right time, but in the the opposite direction. According to Findsat, Iridium 9 travelled from north to south, just as Paul described. > This object had primary flashes 8 seconds apart with a secondary visible > at +3 occuring 1 second or so after the primary max. A very interesting object > to watch. Anyone have any idea which object it was? I will take a look at Iridium 9 (97030C / 24838) to see whether or not it is tumbling. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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