25893 / 99-45B
Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:05:38 -0600 (CST)
Has anyone seen flashing from Cosmos 2366 Rk (25893 / 99-45B)?
I was looking for it last night and caught a flasher following the
same general track. The flash period was 5.03 seconds, observed
over 100.6 seconds total, mag +3 -> inv in 10x50 binoculars.
The only thing is, the flasher seemed to be more like 55-60 deg up
instead of the 40-45 deg up predicted for Cosmos 2366 Rk. However,
my estimates of elevation are suspect. On the other hand, I find
no mention of this Rk in the latest PPAS on Mike McCants' web site.
Here are the QuickSat predictions I had for it last night:
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30.310 97.881 920. BCRC (Nike Site) 2000 6.0 15 F F T T T
*** 1999 Oct 30 Sat evening *** Times are PM CDT *** 1930 7 0
H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec
25893 Cosmos 2366 Rk 99 45B 7.4 2.4 3.4 B 3.5
8 10 30 0.0 40 299 292 5.5 3 2 603 519 868 0.9 113 17 9 39.7
8 11 10 0.0 43 283 281 5.4 3 2 604 520 825 0.9 115 1737 29.3
8 11 50 0.0 44 266 C 267 5.4 3 2 604 521 816 1.0 116 18 0 17.8
8 12 29 0.0 42 249 254 5.5 3 2 605 522 840 1.0 117 1819 6.3
8 13 9 0.0 38 236 244 5.7 3 2 605 524 896 1.0 116 1834 -4.4
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Note: CDT = UTC - 5 hours, so the obs was at about 1999-10-31 01:12 UTC
--Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)
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