If the satellite .avi was captured from the Houston area, it should have been 97084A #25112 ORBCOMM FM 8. It passed the Moon at 11:12:08 UTC in ESE at 17 degrees altitude and 1910 km range. (The SkyMap image was made for longitude -095.30, latitude +29.5378, about 20 km W of Houston centre) /Björn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wagner" ... > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/23jan_ltps.htm?list47652 > > Of particular interest is the video of the Orbcomm communications > satellite passing in front of the shaded earth-lit part of the waning > crescent Moon on Nov. 17, 2006. I wonder how high the moon was above the > horizon at that time of the transit? > ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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