Hi All, On the subject of satellite solar transits, there are three ISS solar transit tracks across the U.S. tomorrow early afternoon. The first opportunity cuts across central Texas, a tiny corner of southeast Oklahoma, Arkansas, SE Missouri, southern Illinois, central and NE Indiana, a tiny corner of NW Ohio, and southeastern Michigan before crossing into Canada. This pass is from 19:56:15 - 20:01 UT. Here are the centerline coordinates at 30-second intervals for Tuesday, February 12th: UTC Lat Long -------- ------- --------- 19:56:00 27.6449 -101.1326 19:56:30 29.2362 -99.5830 Texas 19:57:00 30.8206 -97.9739 19:57:30 32.3977 -96.2982 19:58:00 33.9673 -94.5477 Arkansas 19:58:30 35.5298 -92.7129 19:59:00 37.0854 -90.7826 Missouri 19:59:30 38.6351 -88.7429 Illinois 20:00:00 40.1804 -86.5768 Indiana 20:00:30 41.7241 -84.2623 Ohio/Michigan 20:01:00 43.2708 -81.7699 Ontario This track appears to be close to the following cities: Austin, TX; Centralia, IL; Terre Haute, IN; Ft. Wayne, IN; Adrian, MI; and Detroit, MI. The next pass over the U.S. starts in southern California at 21:30 UT (right over Catalina Island), and then straight through the heart of Los Angeles. Barstow and Las Vegas both appear to be pretty close to the centerline. The track progresses to the northeast, going corner-to-corner across Utah (Price, UT is the largest city on the track), and on through Wyoming, the Dakotas (Grand Forks, ND is a bit north of the line), and NW Minnesota, followed by Ontario around 21:35 UT: UTC Lat Long -------- ------- --------- 21:30:00 33.3962 -118.6625 Catalina Island 21:30:30 34.9602 -116.8632 Barstow, CA 21:31:00 36.5168 -114.9734 Las Vegas, NV 21:31:30 38.0669 -112.9806 Utah 21:32:00 39.6116 -110.8694 Utah 21:32:30 41.1529 -108.6202 WY/CO/UT intersection 21:33:00 42.6946 -106.2076 Wyoming 21:33:30 44.2423 -103.5964 South Dakota 21:34:00 45.8061 -100.7358 SD/ND border 21:34:30 47.4032 -97.5458 North Dakota 21:35:00 49.0672 -93.8854 Ontario (The next pass goes through Washington state if anyone is interested.) Best, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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