92- 8 B = 21876 had a jump in Mean Motion last week and is accelerating! ------------ I intend to create the next ppas-update Wednesday. So if you haven't send your observations yet, please send them preferrable in the correct format to obs@physics.ox.ac.uk at last Wednesday morning. ------------ I just checked the latest molczan two-line elements and found that there was a jump in Mean Motion last week for the 92- 8 B = 21876 As a coincidence I observed this rocket last Friday with a period of about 12.8 second, meaning that the period has decreased ! All observers should focus on this object ! Who checks if the period is still going down ? How long will it continue to accelerate ? Observations of the last months: 92- 8 B 96-06-05 22:53:41 LB 71.2 0.2 6 11.87 FF, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-06-07 22:02:33 LB 58.5 0.2 10 5.85 FF, mag 5->inv 92- 8 B 96-06-15 22:16 TC 74.2 0.3 6 12.4 FF,; mag +5 92- 8 B 96-06-15 22:17 KJ 222.9 0.3 18 12.38 ssm 92- 8 B 96-08-22 02:28:41.0 RE 20 92- 8 B 96-08-26 02:33:35 LB 149.9 0.5 14 10.71 AA, mag 5->inv 92- 8 B 96-09-06 23:22:25 LB 92.2 0.5 6 15.4 AA, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-09-07 01:10:37 LB 310.3 0.1 20 15.51 FF, mag 3->inv 92- 8 B 96-10-16 20:48:20.0 RE 20 92- 8 B 96-10-23 05:07:35 LB 180.3 0.2 10 18.03 FF, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-10-25 17:55:18 LB 74.5 0.2 4 18.6 FF, mag 4->inv 92- 8 B 96-11-15 17:05 KJ 179.0 0.4 14 12.79 orbital elements : 21876 1 21876U 92008B 96318.51604561 .00000752 00000-0 77540-3 0 7660 2 21876 82.9208 303.0601 0035951 130.7979 229.6311 13.74493813237703 I will submit more about the changes in orbital elements for this acceleration within th next days. Happy observing ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@unicall.be) 51.2 N 2.9 E observations collector for the Belgian Working Group Satellites: Send your observations of flashing satellites, preferrably in the correct PPAS format to obs@physics.oxford.ac.uk or obs@physics.ox.ac.uk "What have we found ?" Pink Floyd -------------------------------------------------------------------------