Re: Unknown

Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:16:40 +0200

>another object just after it passed directly overhead my location heading
>East. The time was 02:29:39 10 Oct UTC +/- 2 sec. Going by it's track of
>almost due West to East, my guess is it's inclination was around 57/58 deg


A slightly better (star) position reference, and the track angle (how close
to
vertical, or what angle relative to a pair of stars nearby?)

At 2:29:39 Cosmos 2344 Rk 97-28C #24829 was midway between eps Cas and bet
Per,
but moved about 145 degrees (Quicksat notation; "5 o'clock") from the
vertical.
(i=63.4)

(From current alldat.tle and SkyMap)


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