I managed to find Gorizont 23 (21533) with my 10x50 binoculars at about 4:42:11 June 10 UTC. The flashes were quick. Mike McCants got it in his telescope and observed a strongly asymmetrical secondary, which I got at about 28.9, 21.9. As Mike was observing the satellite in his finder, the flashes were growing fainter fairly rapidly. 91- 46 A 01-06-10 05:01:37.9 EC 1167.2 0.3 23 50.75 +6.0->inv In line with what Robert Fenske reported some days ago, Gorizont 16 (19397) seems to be continuing to slow down: 88- 71 A 01-06-10 06:19:48.4 EC 3979.4 0.5 42 94.75 +4.5->inv So here's an extended summary with some of my results included with Robert's: EC 16 May: 94.19 RF 30 May: 94.50 RF 03 Jun: 94.59 RF 05 Jun: 94.64 EC 10 Jun: 94.75 A while ago when I attempted to time USA 81 two or three degrees to the right of gamma Cephei, it appeared to be about 15 to 20 seconds late on these elements: USA 81 6.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 v 5.0 1 21949U 92023A 01123.65652101 0.00000350 00000-0 13580-3 0 05 2 21949 85.0060 317.8193 0000500 39.5832 320.4167 14.30033645 05 Observed "wrong-way" Celestis (24780, 97-018B) on a good pass, and two others crossed with it as I tracked it. It's tumbling, but I find it kind of hard to time; it seems to have a flash and a tumble. The period from flash to flash may be about 12 seconds. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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