Fco. Javier Iruretagoyena wrote: > Brian, It would very interesting if give us the motion that the satellite > had. It was moving slowly from west to east. I used mostly RA to follow the sat and very litle DEC. From this I got the impression last night that I might have stumbled upon a geo in a graveyard orbit. I hadn't bothered to precisely polar align so that could explain any declination motion. > By your description I havefound two mean candidates: > > Atlas centaur R/B (Norad: 03598) > CZ-4 DEB (Norad: 26454) Neither of which are in my TLE's. I went to Heavens Above and 3598 is described as "OAO 2 Rocket" with a 682 x 754 km orbit. Too low for what I was following. I only had to move the scope 3 or 4 times in the course of 15 minutes to track this thing. Same problem with 26454, 687x811 km orbit. A very rough guess is the sat moved 15-20 degrees in 15 minutes. It definately moved relative to the stars and relative to Earth's motion. > Saludos, > Javi <Snipola> Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Blog: http://www.skywise711.com/Blog Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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