Further to my recent post about a possible NEO the video has been studied by the UK NEO Information Centre . It doesnt look look this was a chunk of rock.....however , interestingly I did receive this... " By co-incidence, a small close NEO has been announced that flew-by near to (but not at) your position on the evening of the 19th. It reached mag 13 that evening during a very close approach. See the discovery MPEC of 2004YD5 at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K04/K04Y35.html " We have agreed on an orbital period of 99.95 hours.....if it is in high "polar " orbit. The object slices through the ecliptic from north to south. It may still be , as Bjorn and Jim suggested , a highly inclined sat at that position.... but unfortunately the weather has closed in again so I can't make any further obs for the time being. BTW 2004YD5 , although small , passed pretty close. 0.00023 AU ....but only seems to have been announced after the event ;o) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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