RE: USA 144

From: Ted Molczan (seesat@rogers.com)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2006 - 11:43:27 EST

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    Ed Light asked:
    
    > Is there any chance that what I now see as 25746 is the same 
    > object as the 25744 of 6-7 years ago?  My limited data imply 
    > essentially the same brightness and the latest TLEs I have 
    > give extremely similar orbits (i.e. almost the same 
    > inclination, argument of perigee, eccentricity, and period).
    
    They are one and the same. The following posts explain the rationale for
    adopting the new designation:
    
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2005/0042.html
    
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2005/0048.html
    
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2005/0056.html
    
    Ted Molczan
    
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