At 02:34 11-6-04 +0200, you wrote: >It is my experience that non-satellite observers have sometimes trouble in >estimating the >"flight direction". (I have that trouble sometimes as well). >For the several identifications I tried, I noticed the direction associated >with a retrograde >orbit in its ascending branch is often reported as "more or less east-west". >What will the result be when we restrict the inclination to say 95-102°. >I guess there will be some candidates. May be some debris. I have to agree with Bram. The two satellites of the observation were within a field of view less then 0.5 degrees. He also says that the first satellite was about magnitude +10 and the second about magnitude +12. Most likely to be debris i think. There can be a large error in estimating the direction the observer admits. Greetings, Tristan Cools BWGS Belgian Working Group Satellites bwgs_belgianworkinggroupsatellites@hotmail.com http://users.skynet.be/satimage/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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