Can someone explain why LES 8 (and out of control
geosats like it) flash earlier each night by an amount
of time that *exceeds* how much earlier the sun sets
each night? For instance, if the sun sets 1 min
earlier each night for my latitude, LES 8 starts
flashing (and stops) 10 min earlier each night. Why? I
guess I'm assuming that it's spin plane is fixed to
the stars - is that a good assumption?
Regards,
Jeff Umbarger
Plano, TX, USA
--- Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Quoting Brad Young:
>
> > Saw a "blinker" right on time as predicted by Ed
> Cannon
> > from his observations. I presume it was LES 8....
>
> I did observe LES 8 last night but don't have my
> data with
> me now. I saw a few flashes before 2:00 UTC, when I
> stopped
> and restarted my stopwatch; then I saw some more,
> but the
> brightest ones I saw were the first five or six.
>
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas,
> USA
>
>
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