Re: Spectacular UNID

From: Rainer Kresken (rkresken@t-online.de)
Date: Sun Oct 16 2005 - 03:27:12 EDT

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    Leo,
    
    Leo Barhorst wrote:
    
    > Hello Rainer,
    >
    > I have two candidates using Skymap and TLE's from Oct 4.
    >
    > Best fit is 99-57 KP a fragment of a chinese rocket.
    > Can you give a magnitude estimate?
    
    Thanks for your investigation.
    The object peaked at at least 1 mag, so it must a bigger item, most 
    likely a spent  upperstage.
    
    >
    > Also 03-49 A was on the same track, but passed Eps Aur a bit earlier 
    > at 19:42:10
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Rainer
    
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