> PAS 1R > 1 26608U 00072A 02079.94130788 -.00000274 00000-0 00000+0 0 > 2939 > 2 26608 0.0180 354.4991 0000429 321.3661 156.2908 1.00270296 > 4973 Does this geosat intentionally have an orbital period just barely shorter than 24 hours (23 hours 56 minutes 7 seconds), or is its operators satisfied that it is close enough to a 24 hour orbital period? FWIW, it will return to the same spot over the Earth in 740 days, according to my crude calculations. More crude calculations reveal that it moves 8 arc-minutes against the stars daily (one degree of arc in 7.5 days). ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 5 hours behind UT (-5) ***DOZENS OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, ASTRONOMY, SKY AND TELESCOPE, AD ASTRA MAGAZINES ARE FOR SALE*** ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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