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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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