Re: visual.tle criteria?

From: JAY RESPLER <JRespler_at_superlink.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 23:38:40 -0400
On 3/27/2014 2:05 PM, wkitty42_at_gmail.com wrote:
>
> what are the criteria used to select the objects listed in the
> visual.tle file? is it a perigee & apogee range or??

If you're referring to the list of 100 or so Brightest on Celestrak, I 
set that up to include satellites that are usually easy to see for the 
average observer. I set a mag limit of about 3.8 for that. This is 
determined by actual observation.

I think other lists use theoretical predictions based on assumed size.
I don't know what their limits are.

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Jay Respler
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