Hi All, Haven't posted in a while -- these days most of my "hobby" work is spent on asteroids, comets and chasing down meteors/meteorites. However, in the latter category, there is occasional crossover to satellite tracking. Case in point is Wayne Watson's recent all-sky camera observation of what was initially assumed to be a slow-moving meteor at ~23:30 PDT on 6/26/2004 (6/27 6:30 UT). Fortunately, a second all-sky camera recorded this event from a spot 55 km away from Wayne's location, allowing for triangulation. The solution I computed rules out a meteor because the velocity is too low (<11 km/sec), but the velocity is perfect for a piece of reentering orbital debris. What I'm looking for is a match to the following location and track direction: 6/27/2004 6:30 UT ~39.2 N, 120.7 W heading toward azimuth ~135 degrees (due southeast) The time may be off a few minutes (current best guess is more like 6:28:30). Thanks, Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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