At 15:15 18/03/04, Dale Ireland wrote: >I can't tell the details but this object looks like it might fly right >through the geosynchronous satellite area. Can anyone confirm that?? >Dale > >Orbital elements: >2004 FH >Epoch 2004 July 14.0 TT = JDT 2453200.5 MPC >M 28.04230 (2000.0) P Q >n 1.33238790 Peri. 62.95163 +0.84229753 +0.53901279 >a 0.8179290 Node 264.43190 -0.49463736 +0.77274043 >e 0.2884138 Incl. 0.01662 -0.21416991 +0.33516778 >P 0.74 H 25.7 G 0.15 > Not quite 35,000 Km Dale, but nearer 53,000 Km range Dale. Local ephemerides can be calculated using JPL's HORIZON or the MPC Ephem service at http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html Time of closest approach is after sunrise for as here in Australia. Maximum observable brightness is predicted to be 10.7 . Motion against stars will be some 10 arc seconds/second so movemont would be visible. Best place to observe it would be southern Africa Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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