Re: ISS Misses Moon - not by much!

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Tue Jun 05 2001 - 07:32:00 PDT

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    > If we assume the Iridium flares to be evenly distributed over
    > the sky, the interval between flares in front of the Moon is
    > about 10^5 flares.
    
    I don't know if this is correct, but I was under the impression that
    Iridia follow a "local orbital plane"; that is, they never appear in
    certain sections of the sky (like the 8 planets).  Now that I think about
    it, I think I was mistaken.  Can anyone confirm?
    
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    Jonathan T. Wojack                 tlj18@juno.com
    39.706d N   75.683d W            
    
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