USA 129 elements and observation

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 12:42:13 PDT

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    I have updated the elements using observations by myself, Paul Gabriel, Mike
    Waterman and Peter Wakelin, from 21 - 24 July UTC:
    
    USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
    1 24680U 96072A   00206.11864005  .00032354  00000-0  48239-3 0    06
    2 24680  97.8858 268.2451 0494492 220.9605 135.2876 14.77838079    07
    
    Mean residuals are less than 1 arc min.
    
    I observed the following points last night:
    
    24680 96 072A   2701 F 20000724012653460 17 25 2118545+294556 38 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 F 20000724012852020 17 25 2259177+523716 18 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 F 20000724013005720 17 25 0039622+594021 18 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20000724030359100 17 25 1435727+354758 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20000724030411990 17 25 1421567+390335 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20000724030451290 17 25 1332960+473924 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20000724030538260 17 25 1224340+541469 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20000724030633240 17 25 1104522+571598 18 S
    
    The 5th and 7th points have the highest residuals in Elcor.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
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