RE: Interesting unid(s)

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 09:45:27 EST

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    Mike Fawcett described a pair of unusual unknowns that he observed last
night:

http://satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2002/0059.html

This almost certainly was the NOSS doublet launched last summer:

1 26905U 01040A   02088.03479715  .00000120  00000-0  20895-3 0    04
2 26905  63.4360 146.6764 0124000 178.5284 181.4716 13.40437759    03

1 26907U 01040C   02088.03471524  .00000120  00000-0  20950-3 0    08
2 26907  63.4290 146.4521 0121000 179.2435 180.7565 13.40408174    02

On rare occasions, NOSS have been known to flare brilliantly, as in this
1996 report by Craig Cholar:

http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-1996/0056.html

"Imagine seeing Venus in formation with itself separated by less than 7
degrees, with Saturn trailing along;  that's what the spectacle looked
like."

Ted Molczan


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