RE: old reliable "glint", rogue "flare"

jhunt@Radix.Net
Sun, 8 Mar 98 10:21:35

--- On Sun, 8 Mar 1998 09:46:54 -0500 (EST)  Walter Nissen 
<dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu> wrote in part:

>I'm trying to keep an open mind about this, but I can't see any logical 
>argument supporting use of "flare". 

There were some logical pro and con arguments back in Oct 97. See the 
archive "threads" such as:

"Terminology, controversy, flare....."
"Iridiums, according to 97-09 SSR"

and my favorite:

"flash vs.glint vs. flare" @ 
http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1997/0329.html

http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1997/#threads/
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