At 21:18 8/02/04, Ed Cannon wrote: >There's a report (four positions) of an unid with a >5-second flash period, by a UK NEO observer here (no >registration required to read it): > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mpml/message/11609 > >"VFMO" means "very fast moving object" to minor planet >observers. Tony Beresford confirmed it as unid, not found >in the alldat.tle file. The observer, Peter Birtwhistle ( MPC J95) has posted images and analysis at http://www.birtwhi.demon.co.uk/GalleryGS428A.htm Bill Gray comments that Orbfit gives a molniya type orbit. Of course the short arc ( 1m 45sec I think ) gives large estimated errors. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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