Unusual Unknown - LOW

Ron Dantowitz (ron@dantowitz.com)
Sat, 24 May 1997 17:46:48 -0400 (EDT)

Hello Fellow See-Saters-

re: my recent posting: 
>I hate to ask, but I have seen something unusual... a *VERY* low sat, a
>tumbling >rocket, EXTREMELY BRIGHT, with a period of about 3-ish seconds...
>An unexpected find:
>        Time Appx 01:03 UTC 24 May 1997
>        Loc  Boston, MA, USA 42.3567N, -71.0569W
>Brilliant, very low (high Mean motion) object   
>Passed south of Regulus, Azim 234 El=47
>from West to East just under Arcturus,
>Azim 127 el=57deg
> and down toward the south East...
>FAST.
>I don't usually ask, but any ideas?  I would like to image this object with
our >tracking cameras, but it does no seem to be in our elsets...


I believe that this must have been #23907 Noss 2-3 r, if so it was *VERY* late!
The path looks correct, and the motion was so fast it must have been under
400km ... also a flast flasher of appx 3 secs.  So, If this was #23907, I
must say I am impressed!

I will take some hi-res images of it shortly, and post them to see-sat of
anyone else is interested...



Thanks,


Ron Dantowitz
Museum of Science, Boston