At 21:19 28/01/98 -0700, Ron Lee wrote: >This is the latest elset: > >Molniya 3-16 22359 x 111 km >1 12512U 81054A 98027.94735529 .08737860 21006-2 37463-2 0 90477 >2 12512 62.1361 92.1324 6315488 272.5557 21.6216 3.71443257123551 > >It is over a day old. Has it been LOST already? Also note that >the perigee is 111 km instead of around 60 km. Is anyone in the >southern hemisphere able to observe it closer to perigee? I have passes at ranges of 2000Km around 12:00 UT Jan 29 Ron (tonite) Weather looks OK , will be using 7x50 binocs. Tony Beresford