In a message dated 11/2/2005 11:58:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, jcm@head.cfa.harvard.edu writes: >>There are no public elsets in the archive. The 1990 "decay" is a bureaucratic move to remove it from the catalog rather than an actual decay. 1970 abilities to track small GEO objects were limited; it's probably since been rediscovered and given a new catalog number.<< Thanks! This kind of stuff fascinates me. I note from the RAE table and other sources that there have been a number of "reassignments" and other catalogue irregularities over the years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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