Fit an orbit?

From: Ed Cannon (edcannonsat@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2007 - 04:05:22 EDT

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    It appears that I saw the unid again.  Can an orbital 
    analyst fit a provisional orbit to the following three 
    observations?
    
    Ney Museum, Austin, Texas, 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m.
    2007/06/19 02:19:01.5 RA 13:25.2, Dec. -10.9 (2000)
    2007/07/11 02:33:19.0 RA 19:37.0, Dec. -07.15 (2000)
    
    Dripping Springs, Texas, 30.190N, 98.086W, 300m.
    2007/07/22 02:40:41.0 RA 19:08.0, Dec. -06.5 (2000)
    
    In the area of the third observation it was mostly cloudy,
    but it went through a known location that was visible and
    identified beforehand.  Findsat found an object close to
    the third obs in time and position, but it has a 56-degree
    inclination, and this one was in a much lower inclination
    orbit like the object in the first two obs above. 
    
    I tried to see it after the second observation on the next
    night and the second night, without success.  So it seems
    like it repeats every 11 nights.
    
    Thank you very much, in advance, for any assistance on this.
    
    Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
    
    
           
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