I'd agree Marco I saw it a number of occassions at quite high mag , and also through the veiwfinder and I saw no evidence of flashing , although it was on one of those obs brighter than expected. If you look at the image captured by Paul a few days before destruction , there's no eveidence there of anything tumbling wildly as the statement from Hicks seems to suggest.Indeed it was seen by a number of list members in those last few days and I dont recall anyone suggesting it was tumbling. And yet the Hicks statement would give the impression that for the six weeks prior to intercept , the thing was going haywire ! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek" <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> To: "satelliet lijst (SeeSat)" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:28 AM Subject: Re: USA was unstable , rolling and tumbling ! > > > John Locker schreef: > >> I don't recall any visual obs which indicated it was rolling and tumbling >> to this extent ...... I think we got a couple of reports of flares , but >> that was about it. > > Visually and photographically it appeared stable the times I observed it, > apart from one very rare flare that in itself is no proof of tumbling. > Given that it was probably a box-shaped object, you would rather expect > clear flashing behaviour if it tumbled, isn't it? > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > ----- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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