The trail is apparently about 5 arc minutes long in a southwest/northeast direction. Assuming that this trail represents motion over a 15 minute time span, I can fit a circular orbit to a trail like this. The inclination would be about 60 degrees and the orbital period would be about 40 days. Of course other periods down to about 20 days are possible if the orbit is highly eccentric. The actual altitude/azimuth of the image is about 19 degrees up in the west. High-flying aircraft briefly visible? Mike McCants ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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