Re: Observations and UNID Request

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 19:43:46 PST

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In a message dated 3/27/01 10:33:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, tlj18@juno.com 
writes:

>  At  the same time, a bright (+1) satelllite appeared in the East at about 
50
>  degrees in elevation.  10-15 seconds after sighting it, the satellite
>  disappeared.  Unfortunately, I cannot identify it.  Can anyone help?

Iridium 54 looks like a good candidate.  Skymap shows that it brightened 
somewhat as it passed through Leo.

Iridium 54       4.0  1.8  0.0  6.0 d
1 25171U 98010C   01085.60110472 -.00000436  00000-0 -16265-3 0  4408
2 25171  86.3980 306.8697 0002400  79.0477 281.0989 14.34215153162466

Cheers,
Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/

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