Bjoern Gimle reported a single unidentified flash: > At 21:07:55 +- 5 s. I saw a single mag +4 flash at RA 22:46.5, decl.+22.5 (2000) I assume he was at site 5919. This small piece of debris was within 1.2 s of the observed time and 0.36 deg of the reported position: 87062C 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.6 r 0.27 1 25300U 87062C 01204.18725249 .00002983 00000-0 29136-3 0 5361 2 25300 82.5099 282.3882 0009225 34.2782 325.9037 14.92058531185463 Another small piece of debris was within 6.4 s of the observed time and 1.7 deg of the reported position: 81053AC 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 r 0.55 1 12672U 81053AC 01203.80408908 .00000429 00000-0 41663-3 0 5239 2 12672 82.9449 129.4638 0029249 311.0873 48.7754 13.77221323 3715 Both objects might have been expected to reach about mag 7 at the moment of observation, based on their RCS values. A flash to mag 4 seems possible. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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