Atlantis/External Tank Solar Transit

From: Gerhard HOLTKAMP (grd.holtkamp@t-online.de)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2006 - 14:49:25 EDT

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    If you still believe in fairy tales let's just pretend Atlantis actually gets 
    launched on Saturday, 9-SEP-06, 15:14:56 UTC. Then this would be the line 
    across Europe where a solar transit of the Shuttle and the ET might be 
    visible. (Times in UT, followed by longitude and latitude).
    
    SEP  9  15:34:10         -7.434°     52.998° 
    SEP  9  15:34:15         -6.843°     52.954° 
    SEP  9  15:34:20         -6.253°     52.908° 
    SEP  9  15:34:25         -5.663°     52.859° 
    SEP  9  15:34:30         -5.074°     52.807° 
    SEP  9  15:34:35         -4.485°     52.752° 
    SEP  9  15:34:40         -3.896°     52.695° 
    SEP  9  15:34:45         -3.308°     52.635° 
    SEP  9  15:34:50         -2.721°     52.572° 
    SEP  9  15:34:55         -2.134°     52.507° 
    SEP  9  15:35:00         -1.547°     52.439° 
    SEP  9  15:35:05         -0.962°     52.368° 
    SEP  9  15:35:10         -0.376°     52.294° 
    SEP  9  15:35:15          0.208°     52.218° 
    SEP  9  15:35:20          0.792°     52.139° 
    SEP  9  15:35:25          1.376°     52.058° 
    SEP  9  15:35:30          1.958°     51.974° 
    SEP  9  15:35:35          2.540°     51.887° 
    SEP  9  15:35:40          3.122°     51.798° 
    SEP  9  15:35:45          3.703°     51.706° 
    SEP  9  15:35:50          4.283°     51.611° 
    SEP  9  15:35:55          4.863°     51.514° 
    SEP  9  15:36:00          5.443°     51.415° 
    SEP  9  15:36:05          6.022°     51.313° 
    SEP  9  15:36:10          6.600°     51.208° 
    SEP  9  15:36:15          7.178°     51.101° 
    SEP  9  15:36:20          7.756°     50.991° 
    SEP  9  15:36:25          8.334°     50.879° 
    SEP  9  15:36:30          8.911°     50.764° 
    SEP  9  15:36:35          9.488°     50.647° 
    SEP  9  15:36:40         10.066°     50.527° 
    SEP  9  15:36:45         10.643°     50.405° 
    SEP  9  15:36:50         11.221°     50.281° 
    SEP  9  15:36:55         11.799°     50.154° 
    SEP  9  15:37:00         12.378°     50.024° 
    SEP  9  15:37:05         12.957°     49.892° 
    SEP  9  15:37:10         13.537°     49.758° 
    SEP  9  15:37:15         14.119°     49.621° 
    SEP  9  15:37:20         14.701°     49.482° 
    SEP  9  15:37:25         15.285°     49.340° 
    SEP  9  15:37:30         15.871°     49.196° 
    SEP  9  15:37:35         16.459°     49.049° 
    SEP  9  15:37:40         17.050°     48.900° 
    SEP  9  15:37:45         17.643°     48.748° 
    SEP  9  15:37:50         18.238°     48.594° 
    SEP  9  15:37:55         18.838°     48.437° 
    SEP  9  15:38:00         19.442°     48.278° 
    SEP  9  15:38:05         20.051°     48.116° 
    SEP  9  15:38:10         20.665°     47.952° 
    SEP  9  15:38:15         21.286°     47.785° 
    SEP  9  15:38:20         21.914°     47.615° 
    SEP  9  15:38:25         22.550°     47.442° 
    SEP  9  15:38:30         23.196°     47.266° 
    SEP  9  15:38:35         23.853°     47.088° 
    SEP  9  15:38:40         24.522°     46.906° 
    SEP  9  15:38:45         25.207°     46.721° 
    SEP  9  15:38:50         25.908°     46.532° 
    SEP  9  15:38:55         26.630°     46.339° 
    SEP  9  15:39:00         27.377°     46.143° 
    SEP  9  15:39:05         28.154°     45.941° 
    SEP  9  15:39:10         28.967°     45.734° 
    SEP  9  15:39:15         29.828°     45.521° 
    SEP  9  15:39:20         30.749°     45.301° 
    SEP  9  15:39:25         31.753°     45.070° 
    SEP  9  15:39:30         32.876°     44.827° 
    SEP  9  15:39:35         34.182°     44.564° 
    SEP  9  15:39:40         35.728°     44.271° 
    
    You would have to be within 2 or 3 km of this line in Western Europe or up to 
    6 or 8 km in Eastern Europe. Typically the transit will last about a second 
    (depending on where you are) and will go from the lower left to the upper 
    right of the sun's disk. 
    
    Gerhard HOLTKAMP
    Darmstadt, Germany
    
    
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