hello, Thanks Alberto for mentioning this currently rotating faster and faster rocket and Mike for identifying the jump in Mean Motion. Nice to see an accelerating SL-8 again after all these years... Seems this is already the second acceleration that has been observed so far. Period was almost steady in 2004-5, but in April this year it was noticed flashing. And now half a year later it is speeding up for a second time. Acceleration is clearly slowing down already, so I suppose period wil go up again one of the next days. To be followed ! Kurt 02- 36 C 04-08-27 MM 30 02- 36 C 04-08-31 21:48:26 BD 103.1 1.0 2 51.6 R, 5.8->inv 02- 36 C 04-09-05 19:31:02.2 BD 166.9 0.5 3 55.6 5.5->inv, some dm 02- 36 C 04-09-06 20:37:07.0 BD 285.3 0.5 5 57.1 02- 36 C 04-10-15 18:43 LB almost S; +5 02- 36 C 05-06-19 00:28:56.0 BD 118.0 2 2 59 +5.0->7.8 02- 36 C 07-04-07 22:48:47 LB 140.8 0.5 10 14.08 A; +5->inv; note b1 02- 36 C 07-04-30 20:52:23 LB 147.0 0.5 10 14.70 Aa; +4(5)->inv; note b2 02- 36 C 07-05-19 22:22:17.5 BD 245.1 0.1 19 12.90 A; +5.2->inv 02- 36 C 07-07-21 01:45:56.8 BD 26.4 0.5 2 13.2 A; +6.5->8.0 02- 36 C 07-08-12 00:41:32.9 BD 184.8 0.3 14 13.21 02- 36 C 07-08-25 22:33:36.1 BD 164.4 0.2 12 13.7 A; +6->inv 02- 36 C 07-08-26 23:35:10.6 BD 298.7 0.2 22 13.58 A; +6.5->inv 02- 36 C 07-09-21 19:11:36.3 AR 436.3 0.5 30 14.54 A; +6.5->8; b4) 02- 36 C 07-09-22 18:20:45.4 AR 351.4 1.0 24 14.64 A; +6.5->inv; b5) 02- 36 C 07-09-28 21:02:08.8 AR 505.5 0.5 34 14.87 A; +6->inv; b6) 02- 36 C 07-10-12 18:51:03.8 AR 200.6 0.3 60 3.343 A'A', 5.5->i 02- 36 C 07-10-13 18:00:02 LB 82.7 0.5 29 2.85 AA, 5->i 02- 36 C 07-10-13 19:58:29 LB 113.1 0.2 40 2.83 AA, 4->i 02- 36 C 07-10-14 04:00:46 LB 27.1 0.2 10 2.71 AA, 6->i 02- 36 C 07-10-14 19:06:07 LB 127.6 0.5 50 2.55 AA, 4->i 02- 36 C 07-10-14 19:08 KJ 255.3 0.1 100 2.553 FF, 4.5->i, mean of 10 > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Mike McCants [mailto:mmccants@io.com] > Verzonden: 13 October 2007 15:46 > Aan: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > Onderwerp: Re: 4541 PPAS 02 036C. > > > Alberto Rango posted: > > >Please note that 02 036C has greatly increased the rotation > speed. On > >28 September 2007 it was 14.9 seconds, now it seems to be > 3.34 seconds. > > Object 02-36C is Cat #27466 - Cosmos 2390/2391 SL-8 rocket. > > The mean motion began increasing anomalously about a week ago and > seems to be continuing to increase, so it is likely that the tumble > period will continue to decrease. > > It is currently in sunlight around its entire orbit (which may be > related to the shorter tumble period). > > Mike McCants > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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