The following pdf lists the most recent decay estimate from various sources, as of 2012 Jan 13 19:06 UTC. Had not planned to update so soon, but needed to correct the Roscosmos times. In earlier versions, I mistakenly reported Moscow Time as UTC. Thank you all who provided me with the correct information. Also added the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces estimate, per Igor Lissov's post to the list. http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/phsrm/Fobos-Grunt_decay_estimates_v4.pdf The spreadsheet and data used to generate the pdf is here: http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/phsrm/Fobos-Grunt_decay_estimates_v4.xlsm The pdf and spreadsheet include three plots showing the evolution of the decay estimates over different time spans. The shortest provides better resolution of the numerous recent estimates. The wider ones reveal the long-term trend, at the expense of resolution. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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