Here's an interesting proposition , just a couple of KM away from me......I
wonder what the odds are of me
getting a shot of ISS cutting across saturn ????
(station will be in shadow )
Answers on the back of a betting slip please :O)
John.
23h35m29.68s ISS Crosses the disk of Saturn. Separation: 0.00d
Position Angle: 178.2d
Angular Velocity: 62.0'/s. Transit duration: 0.00s
Angular diameter: 42.9" size: 73.0m x 44.5m x 27.5m
Satellite at az: 196.7d SSW h: 58.3d dist: 432.2 km (in shadow)
Satellite apparently moves to direction 268.0°
You are on the centerline of this transit! Path direction: 96.5d E
ground speed: 7.396 km/s width: 0.1 km
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