Mir conjunctions

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According to the following elements, Mir had close encounters with two other
satellites on Friday, June 6th:

Mir Complex     32.7  4.2  0.0  1.6 v
1 16609U 86017A   97160.48635244  .00023568  00000-0  29705-3 0  3627
2 16609  51.6525 124.5554 0005869 126.8648 233.2672 15.59474049645825

Cosmos 2321
1 23676U 95052A   97157.22555867  .00169635  84768-5  36157-3 0  5443
2 23676  82.9165 223.0879 0124986  26.5093 334.2493 15.86036787 93790

Aureole 2
1 07003U 73107A   97157.01995424 +.00001783 +00000-0 +13029-3 0 07682
2 07003 073.9721 348.9106 0710098 162.4781 200.2266 13.96905185161470

Closest approach for Cosmos 2321 (Norad #23676) was on 6/6/97 at 6:23:21.1 UTC
at a range of 2.9 km.  Closest approach for Aureole 2 (Norad #7003) was at
11:31:14.5 UTC at a range of 3.7 km.  Cosmos 2321 was below Mir, about 35
degrees from nadir; Aureole 2 was above Mir, about 20 degrees from zenith.

Based on the following elements for #23281 (1994-061C, Cosmos 2292 Deb C),
this object will come within 2.2 km of Mir on Tuesday, June 10th at 6:43:58.4
UTC.  Nadir angle from Mir is around 60 degrees, which means 1994-061C will be
about 1 km lower than Mir at the time of closest approach.

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