Philip Masding wrote regarding his theory of the source of Lacrosse flares: > I would like to test that idea for other Lacrosse satellites > so if anybody spots a flare please let me know with time and > location of course. As part of my analysis of Lacrosse standard magnitudes, I have identified many probable flares, which I have compiled here: http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/Lacrosse_flares/Lacrosse_flares.txt My method was to plot a scatter diagram of magnitude normalized to 1000 km, vs. phase angle, and to fit a regression line to the data. The vast majority of points were scattered roughly symmetrically about the regression line, over a range of about +/- 1.5 mag. Points that were brighter than that range, are the ones that I judged to be probable flares. I used positional observations by Russell Eberst, Greg Roberts and Peter Wakelin. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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