--=====================_821856635==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" --=====================_821856635==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ACCELERATION REPORT (16 January 1996) WARNING: SUDDEN ORBITAL ELEMENT CHANGE, ACCELERATION POSSIBLE -------------------------------------- OBJECTS TO BE OBSERVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: 18096 87- 49 B 19257 88- 53 B 19036 88- 29 B 22007 92- 36 B 21876 92- 8 B ------------------------------------------- The 92- 8 B had an acceleration in January 1995, and as the elements indicate might already have a new one! 1 21876U 92008 B 96 10.51626773 .00004116 00000-0 43401-2 0 6832 2 21876 82.9156 171.5228 0033775 276.5489 83.1831 13.74444337195390 date mmdot mm 95-12-03 .00000039 13.743771 95-12-13 .00000119 13.743791 96-01-03 .00000609 13.74390401 96-01-04 .00000961 13.74395238 96-01-06 .00001775 13.74408037 96-01-07 .00002179 13.74414219 96-01-10 .00003519 13.74444337 I observed it at the end of 1995. For Europe it has become invisible since the beginning of January and becomes visible again from March on... No luck here. 92- 8 B 95-08-28 JEV 17.4 92- 8 B 95-12-24 17:25 KJ 263.4 1.5 14 18.8 92- 8 B 95-12-27 17:05 KJ 188.4 0.5 10 18.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 92-36B = 22007 92- 36 B 95-07-31 22:28 LB almost S, mag 5 92- 36 B 95-12-29 01:57 PM 2.41 92- 36 B 96-01-04 01:00 MM 46.8 0.3 20 2.34 92- 36 B 96-01-05 01:19 PM,MM 2.35 92- 36 B 96-01-05 17 RK,RK 2.34 92- 36 B 96-01-07 18:06 KJ 271.3 0.3 116 2.34 92- 36 B 96-01-08 00:57 MM 133.7 0.2 57 2.35 92- 36 B 96-01-08 16:44:14 RK 58.5 0.2 25 2.34 92- 36 B 96-01-09 01:22 MM,PM 2.36 92- 36 B 96-01-09 12:20 PM 70.4 0.3 30 2.346 92- 36 B 96-01-13 05:14 LB 48.3 20 2.415 92- 36 B 96-01-13 17:05 KJ 262.8 0.2 110 2.389 92- 36 B 96-01-14 03:56 LB 53.0 20 2.409 96-01-14 17:29 LB 120.4 50 2.408 92- 36 B 96-01-15 17:56 TC 120.9 0.3 50 2.42 92- 36 B 96-01-15 17:55 KJ 198.4 0.2 82 2.420 I averaged some values and add the last ones. The period is definitely going up again. Greetings, Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@unicall.be) --=====================_821856635==_--