On 2007 July 26, near 06:30 UTC, I briefly observed what I believe is 07027B, with my unaided eye. It was high in the north-west, about magnitude 4. It faded before I could aim my binoculars at it, and I was unable to spot it again. The sky was very hazy; at the 60+ deg elevation of my observation, the limiting magnitude with the unaided eye was about 4. Less then 2 min earlier, it failed to appear as predicted, in my 25x100 binoculars, either because it was too faint, or passed outside my field of view. I had plotted several possible tracks, taking advantage of Daniel's observation on the previous revolution, so I had a good idea where to look. Daniel's and my observations confirm that my 14.177 rev/d elements are generally correct; I expect to post a revision later today. 07027A were early by 3 s and 1.3 s, respectively, relative to my epoch 07206.33 elements, which were based on a very short arc - two consecutive passes. 31701 07 027A 2701 P 20070726070952490 17 25 2208217+721716 18 S 31708 07 027C 2701 P 20070726071238990 17 25 2152450+734369 38 S 31708 07 027C 2701 P 20070726071319260 17 25 0109677+795766 18 S 31708 07 027C 2701 P 20070726071331740 17 25 0225921+793458 28 S IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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