Brian Webb wrote: > The object then crossed Jupiter's disk from south to north in > about 2 seconds. When the object was in front of the planet, > it resembled a dark cylinder or sliver about 6 to 7" long. > The object's long axis was oriented along the direction of travel. Jupiter's disk currently is about 0.0103 deg in diameter. A satellite in a very high orbit could have taken 2 s to transit, but it would have been too distant to resolve. I ran the observation against a very comprehensive compilation of elements, using both Findsat and IDSat, and found no matches. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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