At 19:27 29/06/03, Frits Westra wrote: Hello all, I received a report of a possible solar transit from an observer in the Netherlands. On 27 May 2003, at 06:29:52 UTC, he saw an object moving slowly across the solar disc from West to East. Transit duration was reported to be about 8 seconds. The observer was using a 75mm Polarex refractor. His position was: 51.32.50s N 05.04.48s E I would appreciate your analyses of this report. Frits , this observation was reported to Seesat on June 10 By Wim Holwerda with the subject "satellite transits the sun ? + introductions" There were several analysyse , of the event. I couldnt find a solar transit, and neither could Bjoern Gimle. All the satellites that went close were going n-S or S-n. Since at the time the sun was at abearing of 86 degrees, a W-E moving object would have been moving nearly vertically downwards. It was something closer to the observer. The time is simply too long for an LEOanyway. Lookup the archive for details. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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