I almost hope that Rob and Ed did see Cosmos 2282 ! I found a sign error in my TDF 1 flash predictions, but my axis/angle computations appear correct. That same axis, now at RA 19.83 Dec 62.9 and cone angle 86.35, now gives a lower flash path, so the evening event is before dusk over all of USA. The morning event is too late for the eastern states, near RA 1:15 and 3:30 (near midway if cone angle = 90 deg). This means for 2002-09-04 around 11:05 over Austin, TX, 11:11 for San Antonio, 10:52 for Colorado and S.California My apologies for earlier false hints, but I must repeat that the uncertainty is at least +- 1 h. Also note that times are for the first morning event - if the cone is closer to 90 degrees as I suspect, the (combined) event is probably an hour later. ----- Original Message ----- > Thanks ! Using Rob Matson's axis for Feb-Mar 2000 and his observation below my > program finds a precession of 2.03 h/y. Rob also said: ... Flashes are also > visible on the half-period, indicating reflections from the back side of one > of the panels. ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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