----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fly" <thomasfly@charter.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 7:45 AM Subject: Re: ISS transit across sun > What would be even cooler would be a transit (ISS, shuttle, or both) during a total eclipse- they'd blink out as they entered the moon's shadow, but they'd be nice and bright before and after. >they'd blink out as they entered the moon's shadow. In my thinking---and this is not a mathematical analysis for sure and may be totally wrong :~) but, if the observer was looking toward the low earth orbit (LEO) satellite that was about to enter the moon's shadow the observer would have to be relatively close to the line of sight of the sun/moon. That would make it so the sunlight would be on the far side of the satellite which would make it a silhouette (thereby invisible). Clear skies, Tom Iowa ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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