Fw: {MPML} Question about fast moving object = artsat

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>From: Bill J Gray <pluto@projectpluto.com>
>To: kometata088 <kometata088@yahoo.com>
>Cc: mpml@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Thu, September 9, 2010 10:28:38 AM
>Subject: Re: {MPML} Question about fast moving object = artsat
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>Hi Filip,
>
>You probably got the following orbit from Find_Orb, indicating
>an object in a sort-of-Molniya orbit: period 12 hours, high
>eccentricity, but the inclination isn't the usual Molniya 63 degrees:
>
>Orbital elements:
>FrK921
>Perigee 2010 Sep 8.913387 TT = 21:55:16 (JD 2455448.413387)
>Epoch 2010 Sep 9.0 TT = JDT 2455448.5 Find_Orb
>M 63.32619 (2000.0) P Q
>n 731.14063233 Peri. 355.98621 -0.90457483 0.36599140
>a 26339.2189km Node 208.74866 -0.37738964 -0.92598539
>e 0.7280097 Incl. 27.03541 -0.19829629 0.09274343
>P 709.02m H 27.9 G 0.15 q 7164.01125km Q 45514.4265km
>From 14 observations 2010 Sept. 9 (26.3 min); RMS error 2.285 arcseconds
>
>Looking through the latest 'all_tle.txt' list of satellite elements,
>and using Sat_ID, didn't get a match to a known object. So it's an
>artificial satellite; just don't know which one.
>
>-- Bill
>
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