96029C trio?
Maley, Paul D. (PMALEY@GP808.jsc.nasa.gov)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:20:07 -0500
Having just returned from 3 weeks vacation, I plugged in the last elsets on
96029C received from Mike McCants late last week. I was surprised to see a
trio of 3 objects this morning at 10h25mGMT June 18. All three were about +7
magnitude and had no appreciable variation in brightness. Four and one-half
minutes of video were obtained during the pass. The first object led the 2nd
by 5 seconds and led the third by 6 seconds. The second object was displaced
westward from the first by about 1 degree while the third object was 1.8
degrees behind and nearly inline with the first object. The following
positions were obtained from video:
Time: 10h25m 56.5s UT was the time for simultaneous positions of the
following
object 1: (1950) R.A. 1h38.5m Dec. +40.2
object 2: 1h35.0m +41.7
object 3: 1h38.0m +41.95
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Paul Maley
pmaley@gp808.jsc.nasa.gov