At 01:21 2/11/04, j smith wrote: >Anyone hear of these or know the orbital elements of these? Would they flash/flare or be seeable using binos? >------------------------------------------------- Dont think USSTRATCOM has catalogued them yet. 30cm square perfect reflectors at geo range should be around magnitude 2. Allowing for If one makes an educated guess that only 1/4 of the area is flat, flashes would be say mag 4. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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