This is probably in the idle curiosity category, but if you look at the "Image of Messenger" in http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/flyby/index.html , there's a streak in the lower right quadrant that might be a satellite. Anybody want to try to ID it? The image caption says, "This image, taken with the TAROT CNES telescope (Latitude: 43.75deg N - Longitude: 6.92deg E) in southeastern France, reveals the position of MESSENGER as a streak of light near the center. At the time that the image was taken, 20:16:39 UTC (8:16 pm), the MESSENGER spacecraft was about 21,640 km above the eastern Atlantic Ocean near the western coast of Africa - due west of Luanda, Angola and due south of Cote d'Ivoire. "Photo credit: Régis Bertrand, B. Deguine and S. Rios-Bergantinos, CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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