At 02:21 AM 3/07/05, you wrote: >Hi SeeSat-L list (and others) -- > >A well known planetary amateur Paolo Lazzarotti of Italy has sent out an >e-mail referring to a pair of mysterious objects located near to M27. I am >forwarding his e-mail at below. > > It has been calculated at 2.6" / minute speed. > >Frank J. Mellilo, of ALPO suggests that it is a possible geostationery >satellite (two so close together???). After you see the animation, what do you think >it could be? Ted or anybody? > >-- joe rao >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe, You can discount the geostationary suggestion entirely,because of the slow motion and the declination. GEO satellites are stationary relative to ground, but 900"/min relative to the sky. This applies to geosynchronous satellites with a period near 24 hours as well. with regards to declination, geostationary satellites as seen from Italy are all at about declination -5.5 The motion is more like the rate of a moderately close asteroid. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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