Re: Lunar disk transit of Lacrosse 5

From: Denis (boucherd@telusplanet.net)
Date: Tue May 17 2005 - 11:08:15 EDT

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    Moon Transit
    
    Produced:  May 17 2005 09:04:50
    Location: Home Lat: 41.641  Lon: -0.875
    Start: May 17 2005 09:03:44  Stop: May 22 2005 09:03:44
    
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    Satellite: Lacrosse 5  -  28646
    TLE Date: May 17 2005  02:57:49Z
    Apoge:  717.6 km  Perige:  711.2 km
    
    MM/DD Time      Alt  Az   Mag   Satlit  Sep(m) Range  Illum(%)
    05/17 23:22:46  29   255  5.0   No      2.81   1301   65.2
    
    
    Using my program, with today's TLE from McCants.
    Looks like you do get a transit. The satellite is not in sunlight and 
    the Moon is 65.2% illuminated. Time is GMT. The magnitude would be for 
    the satellite in sunlight. Separation is from center of the Moon in arc 
    minutes.
    
    
    Denis
    
    
    Fco. Javier Iruretagoyena wrote:
    
    > Tonight at 23:22 UTC I have predicted a transit of the Lacrosse 5 by the
    > Lunar disk. The Lacrosse 5 will be in the Earth shadow. That means that i
    > could see a black point crossing the Lunar disk. Can anyone confirm this?
    >  
    > Thank you,
    > Javier
    >  
    > 41.6406 N
    > -0.8753 W
    > Alt: 253m.
    > Datum: WGS84 
    > 
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