Re: Cosmos 2221 and its rocket body

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>co-orbital. It would not be too difficult to write a computer program,
based
>on the principles I have outlined, to search a file of elements for nearly
>co-orbital objects, and to estimate their future times of close proximity.
I
>don't plan to write one, but I would not be surprised if someone already
>has.
>
>Ted Molczan
>
Rob Matson's COLA can be used, though it is not restricted to co-orbital
objects. You might use Element Manager to restrict the candidates:

   Date     UTC Time   Norad         Name           Range/OrbSep  NdAng
EphAge

7/17/1999  0:22:14.14 22237                          5.2/   1.0  100.7
+0.83
...
12/14/1999 14:37:21.13 22237                          4.4/   3.8  147.5
******
12/14/1999 15:25:46.28 22237                          9.5/   1.1   96.1
******


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