> 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? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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