> Hi > Don't you have to consider things like albedo, illumination angle, > besides > the cross sectional area. Also, shape.. flat, spherical, etc. or is > there > some "rule of thumb". It seemed to me that the author was implying that if you know the RCS and range, you can get a general idea of the magnitude of the object. If there is such a formula that is mathematically correct (I don't care how precise or imprecise it is), I am interested in it. Maybe there are slightly different formulas for different types of objects??? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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