Re: Unidentified Bright Tumbling Satellite
jean monseur (jmonseur@mail.cpod.fr)
Sun, 1 Sep 1996 16:28:33 +0100
At 23:35 31/08/1996 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Tonight we were preparing to watch the pass of 19671 Lacrosse 1,
Just >before it was due, an unexpected tumbling satellite was seen
>travelling approximately the same path about 1 1/2 minute earlier,=20
>Playing around with Quicksat and Skymap using Molczan's elements,
>and VISUAL.TLE, no proper candidates turn up. Anybody have any ideas
>what we saw?=20
According to Alphonse Pouplier's "Satellit" a good candidate would
be Anna:
Place: SAN JOSE Latitude: +3717 Longitude:23800
Limits: Alt. 20- 90 Az. 0-360 Alt.Sun Max.:-10
Magn.MAX: 999