RE: Glints from 96072A

From: Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 17:19:07 PDT

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    Hi All,
    
    Adding some observations of 96072A glints by Ed Cannon,
    Paul Gabriel and Lynn Tobias to my table, and adding the
    RA/Dec mirror pointing normals:
    
                               LVLH     Pointing Normal
    Date  UTC Time  Uncert.  Azim  Elev  RA (h) Dec (d) Observer
    ---- ---------- ------- ----- -----  ------ ------- --------
    7/12 04:16:20   +/- 10  298.3 -30.1  08.275  -7.30  R. Matson
    7/12 04:16:24   +/- 3   283.0 -75.0  05.820 -38.74  P. Gabriel
    
    7/14 05:00:00   +/- 4   327.3 -41.5  06.791  +5.08  L. Tobias
    7/14 05:00:52   +/- 1   315.8 -50.1  06.843  -9.45  R. Matson
    
    7/16 04:08:49.9 +/- .1  339.5 -74.6  05.412 -24.01  E. Cannon
    7/16 04:08:52   +/- 1   283.0 -73.8  06.172 -35.19  P. Gabriel
    
    I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't see much
    of a pattern, either in LVLH or inertial coordinates for
    these observations.  Perhaps this satellite just has a lot
    of flat, specular surfaces, pointed in a variety of directions.
    
    Best,
    Rob
    
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