Yesterday, the object entered a 40 day period during which it will always be sunlit. As a result, the effect of SRP on its mean motion will be near zero. An observational arc of several weeks will be required to accurately measure the change in SRP regime. Arc 2003 Jan 06 - Feb 04 UTC: USA 144 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 v 1 25744U 99028A 03035.04958544 -.00000025 00000-0 -38789-2 0 09 2 25744 63.4480 277.3115 0238554 293.7619 63.8356 9.69791316 01 WRMS error = 0.012 deg Arc 2003 Jan 06 - Feb 01 UTC: USA 144 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 v 1 25744U 99028A 03032.78105347 -.00000022 00000-0 -34624-2 0 03 2 25744 63.4497 280.0300 0238778 293.6689 63.9244 9.69791537 02 WRMS error = 0.009 deg Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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