Observations and elsets for 'UNID'

Björn Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:05:31 +0100

When, for obvious reasons, observers and analysts prefer either
UN International ID or USSPACECOM Catalog numbers to identify
their reports, and also use numbers like 98004, 99008 or numbers
starting with 00, which (may soon) appear in real elsets, it is
becoming confusing, and difficult to spot the unknowns, and to
correlate observations and elsets.

I would propose using 4xxxx in elsets, and 4xxxx or 444xxxx in
observation reports, which would stand out clearly, and not be
confused with real objects for quite some time, or with historical
objects.

NOSS          
1 98004U          99059.82471721  .00000200  00000-0  24274-3 0    02
2 98004  63.3534  29.3918 0324004  26.0843 333.9156 13.46073785    09

0098004 194812.26 093032+524038 7.0 7.0 0 S
0098004 194912.29 101315+352449 6.8 6.8 0 S

9900801 041532.50 062153+583410 6.5 6.5 0 S
9900801 041547.77 065257+582620 6.3 6.3 0 S

99008 99 042MOL 8597 G 19990319105306400 27 25 0740500-722300 48 S+060 05       
99008 99 042MOL 8597 G 19990319105551300 27 25 0904100-470600 48 S+060 05       

trump1
1 99008L 99042MOL 99 62.50802951 +.00000153 +00000+0 +00000+0 6 00070
2 99008  63.0638 149.8968 6907794 271.6284   8.8938  2.00609473000410



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