Re: Mir and Flares

From: Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 18:00:02 PST

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> From: Stephmon@aol.com
> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:07:39 EST
> Subject: Re: Mir and Flares
> [ ... ]
> Perhaps someone has seen flares from this object?
> 14:13:41    DMSP B5D1-3 10820    10°    163° [S]    7.6     785


I observed this object flashing to magnitude +1 with a period of 15 seconds
in late December 1999.  I have a notation for it in my QuickSat magnitudes
file, "can tumble to 0?", which generally means that someone on this list
had earlier reported a bright flash from the object.  Many of the DMSPs
flash like this.  I have seen a few spectacular glints from some of them.

--Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)

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