MAP brightness, glints

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2001 - 09:22:40 PDT

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    (Sorry this is a bit late, I've been away.)
    
    Tony Beresford said,
    
    "Incidentally MAP was imaged by both Gordon Garradd and Rob McNaught last
    night. Gordon estimated it at mag 14, which is brighter than I predicted it.
    This put the magnitude at the L2 as mag 17.5. A little faint for visual
    observation, but quite easy for a 30cm telescope with a CCD camera."
    
    I'd guess MAP is going to be somewhat brighter than that in its operational
    orbit, and may be a good glint producer.  It's going to stay close to the
    anti-solar direction, have a large metallized plastic sun shield holding
    solar panels pointed toward the sun and earth.
    
    
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