Alberto Rango observed the object on 2005 Jun 02 at 19:59 UTC, running about 0.65 late relative my half day old elset, of arc 2005 May 29.15 - Jun 02.15. Its rate of decay of was high, due to strong geomagnetic activity on May 30 UTC. Alberto's observation made clear that the rate of decay had returned to normal, as confirmed by this elset, the arc of which begins with the earliest available observations after May 30: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 05153.82608964 .00008212 00000-0 11145-3 0 02 2 24680 97.9649 217.3225 0523524 206.0548 151.3438 14.73546484 05 Arc 2005 Jun 01.14 - Jun 02.83, WRMS residuals = 0.010 deg Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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