MIR debris observed
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Fri, 7 Jun 96 02:22:10 PDT
On June 6 while waiting to observe an other satellite I saw MIR rising
in the west and took a quick glance at it.
I didn't believe what I saw: 4 and perhaps 5 faint objects moved just in
front of MIR in the sane orbit.
It looked like; * * * * 0
Moving from west to east (right to left)
I made a timing when this train passed a star.
Object 1 0.00 sec S, mag 7
2 2.00 AA, mag 6->inv, P = approx 2 sec
3 2.37 S, mag 7
4 3.59 S, mag 6
MIR approx 6.00 sec S, mag 1
In front of object 1 I probably saw another faint object, S, mag 7-8; but
I'm not 100% sure.
This evening I heard on the radio that the two cosmonauts were performing
a spacewalk in which they filmed the PEPSI tin in orbit. I don't know the
size of it but it is possible I've seen it.
It was quite a sight to see all of it in the field of view of my 7x35 bino-
culars.
Greetings
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Name: Leo Barhorst Alkmaar (Neth)
52 deg 38 min N 4 deg 47 min E 2 m ASL
E-mail: leobarhorst@pi.net also a member of Seesat-L
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