MIR INTRINSIC MAGNITUDE INCREASING

Jay Respler (jrespler@injersey.com)
Sun, 16 Jun 1996 03:16:43 -0400 (EDT) 

Over the last year and a half, the difference between Mir's predicted and
observed magnitudes has been increasing as modules have been added.

    Difference between    Observed   |-West or East
predicted and observed    Magnitude  ||-elevation
             magnitude               || |-a=am 
Mir                -.1               w74          1/95
                   +.4               e26          4/95
                   +.2               w32
                  -1.3   -1.1        w67          9/95
                   -.8    -.6        e56
                  -1.9   -2.0        e65          10/95
                   +.2    1.9        w32
                  -1.2   -0.6        w50          1/96
                  -1.8   -0.6        e31
                  -2.    -2.         e66          6/96
                   -.3    1.3        e40a
                   -.2     .4        w59
                  -2.8   -2.7        w46a

Intrinsic mag for Quicksat = 0.3


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