Observations 10 Jan 2006:
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Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
AMENDED REPORT:
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The three UNKNOWNS have been identified by Mike McCants and Scott
Campbell and proves that once again I make mistakes - it would appear
that at the time I was measuring these particular objects I had the
wrong element database in GUIDE. I have two databases I use- one has
about 9000 satellites, the other 150 and I would normally use the
9000 one but seem to have used the 150 satellites instead.
Here are the correct identities
#91054 = SL-8R/B 87051J
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Fairly bright and steady
18121 87 051J 0433 P 20060110194159300 56 15 0704059+055345 39 +075 05
18121 87 051J 0433 P 20060110194203700 56 15 0705144+051853 39 +075 05
18121 87 051J 0433 P 20060110194208000 56 15 0706248+044316 39 +075 05
#91055 = SICH-1M 04052A
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Bright and steady
28505 04 052A 0433 P 20060110195525800 56 15 1146169-434054 39 +060 05
28505 04 052A 0433 P 20060110195528400 56 15 1149087-435834 39 +060 05
28505 04 052A 0433 P 20060110195533600 56 15 1154401-443044 39 +060 05
#91056 = SL-14 R/B 94086G
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Faint and variable
23447 94 086G 0433 P 20060110201412900 56 15 1957263-715554 39 +080 05
23447 94 086G 0433 P 20060110201415500 56 15 2000240-720431 39 +080 05
23447 94 086G 0433 P 20060110201418000 56 15 2003058-721220 39 +080 05
NOTE:
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The observation reported as #90042 is in fact NSS703 (#23305) which is
near
by. Here follows a correct observation of the two objects
90042 05 828A 0433 P 20060110194240000 56 15 0709349+055307 39 +115 05
23305 94 064A 0433 P 20060110194240000 56 15 0710475+051747 39 +110 05
Mike spotted this....
My sincere apologies to all for my mistakes and many thanks to Mike and
Scott for
their input.
Re the unknowns: I should have realised at the time that something was not
100% - one unknown is possible but three in the space of a few minutes? I
will in future check possible unknowns against the full element database
using one of the many programs available that does this task.
Cheers
Greg
PS.
I have decided to keep a log of my mistakes for 2006: :-)))
GR001 09 Jan - lost nearly 4 hours of observations recorded to DVD due
to
carelessness by me causing a power failure.
GR002 10 Jan - Unknowns #91054,91055 and 91056 were NOT Unknowns-
I used the incorrect element database.
GR003 10 Jan - misidentified NSS703 and #90042.
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