Re: Decay of #24666 = 96- 67 B (Centaur r)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:51:02 +0100
The latest OIG elset for this object is:
Centaur r 6710 x 100 km
1 24666U 96067B 97094.70777550 .75566461 -12660-4 45394-2 0 1954
2 24666 23.7308 128.5807 3378017 296.9146 32.7804 8.97224110 3603
This shows it running 9.0 minutes early with respect to the SatEvo
prediction I posted yesterday; not too bad considering that the orbital
period had fallen by 23+ minutes during the intervening 26 hours. Again,
the published ndot2 term is unrealistically low.
A new evolution gives a revised decay prediction for about April 7.1 and
the following predicted elsets:
Centaur r 6103 x 101 km
1 24666U 96067B 97095.03457401 .70533174 89730-1 39599-2 0 91846
2 24666 23.6782 127.3670 3165782 298.6646 33.1603 9.40585586 267
Centaur r 5100 x 101 km
1 24666U 96067B 97095.54553096 .86446431 12263+0 41479-2 0 91840
2 24666 23.6448 125.8245 2784004 301.3546 34.3309 10.20491969 314
Centaur r 4104 x 101 km
1 24666U 96067B 97096.01566186 1.10018329 22707+0 44304-2 0 91840
2 24666 23.6126 124.1814 2360118 304.2213 35.5899 11.11718914 365
Alan
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