Re: help with id

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 02:36:03 EST

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    > ...she saw it a little after 0 UT March 4....  I received 
    > the email at 0:20UT so it couldn't have been after then.  
    > ...  Her lat and lon: 42.27 N  71.52 W
    > ...  saw this HUGE silver flare --- low moving from the 
    > west to the southwest.
    
    I got a Tselina-D as a possibility.  I think they are known
    to flare from time to time.  Here is Quicksat output:
    
      42.270  71.520  300.   Friend of G. Roberts     2000  6.0  6 F F T F T
     
    ***  2004 Mar   3  Wed evening  *** Times are PM EST  ***  1828  527
     
     H  M  S  Tim Al Azi C Dir  Mag Dys F  Hgt Shd  Rng  EW Phs  R A   Dec
     
    15944 Cosmos 1674    85 69A   6.0 2.0      19   3.5 
    19  7 26   .0 43 285   283  4.4   7 9  562 412  795 1.2 119  2 1  36.5
    19  7 54   .0 44 264 C 268  4.3   7 9  562 402  776 1.3 117  244  24.3
    19  8 22   .0 42 244   253  4.3   7 9  562 392  808 1.3 113  317  11.5
    19  8 49   .0 36 228   242  4.5   7 9  562 382  886 1.3 109  343    .0
    19  9 17   .0 31 217   234  4.7   7 9  562 372  998 1.3 104  4 4  -9.6
     
    Here's some Tselina-D information:
    
    http://www.astronautix.com/craft/tselinad.htm
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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