--- Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > Lacrosse 5 is still doing its odd rapid "disappearance trick"... As has probably been mentioned, the only explanations that seem to make sense are that it has a large specular or very black surface that hides the main body at certain angles. The specular surface would hide the main body when it's oriented to show the observer a view of black space. What that surface might be is a planar radar antenna or maybe (I don't think so, but maybe) a solar panel. I'd guess that the specular possibility is much more likely - indeed, I think that Iridium satellites probably do the same thing when oriented properly with respect to the observer. An "anti-flare", so to speak. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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