Prediction for Ed's normal site show all flares predicted E of his Austin location, even more East from Dripping Springs. So it seems that Ir20? has a slight tilt or rotation. There are some flares from the forward MMA of Iridiums in that orbital plane, extremely low in the W 1-2 hours later, but no more from Ir20 at that latitude within three weeks, nor for mine. I haven't checked other latitudes. 20 ? 2001- 6- 1 2:42:30.1 347 14 -13.9 L 0.92 -0.4 -97.4289 60.7 E 20 ? 2001- 6- 3 2:28:34.9 346 18 -11.3 L 0.79 -1.2 -97.5651 37.4 E 20 ? 2001- 6- 5 2:14:44.0 345 22 -8.6 L 1.36 0.3 -97.4223 50.6 E 20 ? 2001- 6- 7 2:00:58.0 345 26 -5.9 L 2.61 2.1 -97.1098 81.5 E > -5. That makes three that I estimate have been at least five > magnitudes brighter than predicted. The magnitude of the > fourth one, Wednesday PM, was more difficult to estimate due > to clouds but was definitely a lot brighter than the predicted > +2. Solar elevation was only -6 degrees. A few minutes later ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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