Re: Gorizont 16, continued

From: Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 00:53:32 PDT

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    > are getting to see it.  It would be interesting, to me at least, to
    > know how widely visible it is at any given time.
    >
    And necessary to compute the rotation. Since you can see them for hours, the
    flash track must be nearly parallell to the satellite's celestial track, and
    a few degrees of latitude may ruin the show, but certainly shift the
    start/end times of bright flashes. This shift allows at least the flare
    track angle to be computed. For a complete determination, observations more
    widely spaced over the celestial sphere, or over the seasons, are needed.
    
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