Hi Ralph wrote: >> Greg Roberts wrote (excerpts)... >> The satellite was visible for about a minute and was about magnitude >> +07.4 and steady. It looks like the satellite was 79104N >> At the time of my observation the predicted range was 13800 kilometres >> approximately. >> the satellite is quite bright so must be reasonably large > This seems to be where a problem lies. The latest SSR lists 79104N's RCS at > 0.0441. Perhaps there is another (larger) object that matches the positions > you observed. > Ralph McConahy > 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m After Mike McCants had a close look at the positions I reported I agree that the satellite seen was NOT 79104N - consequently it would appear that what was seen was probably a classified Centaur in an elliptical orbit. No known satellite appears to match the observations. Unfortunately the chances of my seeing it again are a little remote as I havent a clue where/when to start looking but for the next few tracking sessions I guess Ill be favouring my northern sky in case I can spot it again! Cheers Greg ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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