Observation from iTelescope Siding Spring Observatory, Australia (MPC Code - Q62) by Markku Nissinen: https://twitter.com/PetriTikkanen/status/961853332317814785 Astrometry is in progress. arto 2018-02-08 15:48 GMT+02:00 tme_at_asteroidinitiatives.com [mpml] < mpml-noreply_at_yahoogroups.com>: > > > On 2018-02-08 06:47, Bill Gray pluto_at_projectpluto.com [mpml] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Jaime Nomen at (Z66) in Spain and Cristovao Jacques at (Y00) > > in Brazil both got this object, at a distance slightly greater > > than the moon (390000 to 416000 km). With either of their data, > > we'd have gotten a decent orbit. With both, we've got one that > > will ensure it'll be easy to keep track of... looks as if we'll be > > able to do that for at least a week before it gets too faint : > > > > https://projectpluto.com/temp/spacex.htm#eph > > > > I still don't know if this is just the booster, or if it's booster > > plus car. It looks to me that if they were still attached to each > > other, you wouldn't be able to tell from the camera images; the > > booster would be "hidden" on the underside of the vehicle. > > > > This site has a picture of the Roadster in its stage adapter and shows > the assemblage > > https://hevcars.com.ua/falcon-heavy-uspeshno-prizemlilsya- > otpraviv-tesla-roadster-v-kosmos/ > > picture only (which I recommend as it is safer to access) > > https://hevcars.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ > starman-in-red-tesla-roadster-hevcars.jpg > > So, clearly, the car is bigger than just the car. > > I suspect that the booster and the car are still attached - something > relayed those pictures back to Earth, and I didn't see any signs of an > attitude control system or a communications system in that picture. > > Regards > Marshall > > > On the other hand, the positions measured by Cristovao and Jaime > > are almost a quarter degree from the Horizons ephemerides, which is > > about the difference we often see between payload and booster. 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